
The American-born/Paris-based pianist Julius Katchen, who died in 1969 at […]
Charisma. Some conductors have it, and some don’t. Jansons doesn’t.
It’s easy to feel sympathy for artists today, trying to justify new recordings of repertoire chestnuts by finding ways to claim that they are somehow
When Soviet authorities finally permitted Lazar Berman (1930-2005) to tour
What a delightful project this turns out to be! The main work here is the Keith Emerson (of Emerson, Lake and Palmer fame) Piano Concerto,
This is a somewhat strange collection in that the odds
This historical set is a major document: In 1952 the
Here’s an excellent concept program (interesting music composed roughly contemporaneously)
It would of course have been too much to ask
If you’re looking for a basic yet representative Jascha Heifetz