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Mitsuko Uchida’s Schubert has had its impressive moments, but the D major Sonata poses interpretive challenges that, despite several personal touches, aren’t met with the
It’s a welcome recording that reminds us of the many virtues of a great work, making it sound perpetually fresh and new. Zubin Mehta infuses
Sergiu Celibidache felt a particular spiritual affinity with the symphonies of Anton Bruckner. They constituted the core of his repertoire, and he had very strong
The Vienna Octet was one of the outstanding post-war chamber groups. It was founded by the Boskovsky brothers–Willi, who was concertmaster of the Vienna Philharmonic
The Leipzig String Quartet presents Beethoven’s earliest forays into the string quartet form with first-rate results. Each phrase is well-considered and weighty; the classical-era structure
While Igor Kipnis hasn’t completely forsaken his trusty harpsichord, much of his recent work has focused on the piano duo repertoire, partnered by pianist Karen
Elly Ameling, Dawn Upshaw, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Christoph Prégardien, Fritz Wunderlich, and countless other singers to varying degrees have traversed Schubert’s monumental collection of songs (nearly
Irmgard Seefried was one of the bright lights of the opera and recital stages of the 1950s. Her silvery lyric soprano was blessed with depth
The Russian-born Busoni pupil Leo Sirota (1885-1965) made few commercial recordings during his long career, yet many of his radio broadcasts and recitals survive in
The period from 1945 to 1960 was a critical one in the history of the (Royal) Concertgebouw Orchestra, for this was the time that Eduard
