
High quality recordings by lesser-known artists on small labels tend to fall between the cracks, unnoticed by the public and usually ignored by critics. However,
If you have 76 minutes to spare for some rare, interesting, and vastly enjoyable piano duet repertoire, consider this release. Georges Onslow’s two sonatas bristle
The introduction of digital recording techniques coincided with the end of Edo de Waart’s lengthy tenure as music director of the San Francisco Symphony and
If you enjoyed Bjarte Engeset’s excellent disc of the Peer Gynt Suites, then you’ll certainly like this version of the complete incidental music as much
This is an excellent disc on all fronts. Pianist Lambert Orkis, a real chamber music pro, provides the unifying thread that ties together and makes
Reviews of recordings such as this one are easy to write. From the very first seconds into this disc you know that it’s a world-class
If you want Grieg’s complete Peer Gynt with dialogue, this is the set to own. It really does represent a new standard, musically, dramatically, and
Grieg’s Lyric Pieces lend themselves to a wide variety of approaches, from the nervous energy and disquiet of the composer’s own playing (faintly preserved on
The panache and poetry distinguishing Jorge Bolet’s finest concert performances rarely emerge in these frankly enervated readings, available again via Arkivmusic.com’s on-demand reissue program. True,
To mark the centennial of Grieg’s death in 1907, EMI has reissued Leif Ove Andsnes’ 2002 A minor concerto with Mariss Jansons and the Berlin