
Two decades back, the Trenkner/Speidel piano duo made fine recordings […]
In September 1994, Michael Gielen filled in for an ailing
For years I’ve been referring to this recording as a
Well, the party’s over. After a surprisingly good Mahler Fifth, François-Xavier Roth turns in a lightweight, cautious, completely nondescript live Mahler Third. Granted, the orchestra
Some of you may recall the shock and excitement that greeted Krystian Zimerman’s DG recording of the two Chopin piano concertos–a sort of exposé on
Mahler’s Fifth is arguably the most difficult of all the symphonies to play convincingly, and it’s to Daniel Harding’s credit that he does it so
On evidence here, Daniel Harding has become a Mahler conductor to be reckoned with. This is a very pleasant surprise, especially in light of his
Here’s another wholly characteristic release in BR Klassik’s ongoing series,
You read it right–this is not a “CD from Hell,” but rather a “CD from Chelm,” the notorious city of fools in Jewish folklore, and
Deutsche Grammophon’s umpteenth Claudio Abbado boxed set gathers under one