
Bizet’s piano music occasionally attracts the attention of enterprising pianists, including Nathanaël Gouin, a French pianist who first came to my attention via his scintillating
Naxos’ more-or-less chronological survey of Fritz Kreisler’s complete Victor and
For Arturo Toscanini’s 150th anniversary, Steven Richman and the Harmonie Ensemble/New York present a collection of orchestral pieces particularly associated with the maestro. In terms
This has got to be the most intelligent, comprehensive, and
We can never have too many fine recordings of this perennially fresh music, but you’d be surprised just how few releases contain the complete Carmen
There’s solid meat on these orchestral “Night at the Pops”
When you hear the opening “soldier’s chorus” (“Gloire immortelle de nos aïeux”) from Gounod’s Faust you may be reminded for a moment of something the
All of this material has been available in multiple programs
Charles Dutoit and his Montréal Symphony Orchestra were Decca’s late
Japanese Warner is now issuing classic performance as SACDs at