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The Fitzwilliam Quartet’s “Infected” Schubert

Jed Distler

Judging from this Schubert release, the Fitzwilliam String Quartet has become infected with period instrument disease. It’s one thing to project the outsize dynamic contrasts

Big Boxes: Warner’s Furtwängler Edition

Jed Distler

The title for this boxed set, “The Complete Wilhelm Furtwängler

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Andrea Botticelli’s Fortepiano Recital

Jed Distler

In contrast to many self-released CDs, this recital by fortepianist Andrea Botticelli boasts excellent production values. The full-bodied sonics do justice to Botticelli’s well-regulated and

Gerard Schwarz’s Schubert “Great” Rediscovered

Jed Distler

This 1987 recording of Schubert’s Ninth Symphony with Gerard Schwarz leading the New York Chamber Symphony was rediscovered in 2017 by its original engineer Marc

Adam Laloum’s Schubert

Jed Distler

The pandemic year of 2020 may also have been Beethoven’s 250th birthday year, but for some reason that event coincided with a flood of recordings

The Quartetto Italiano–The Origins of a Legend

David Hurwitz

The Bottom Line: Recorded from 1946-1959, these recordings showcase the

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Quartet For Two

David Vernier

These things aren’t always a bad idea, or a pointless exercise, or even a not-so-pointless if merely functional effort to supply certain solo-repertoire-hungry instrumentalists (trumpet,