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In its eight years of existence from 1948 to 1956, […]
Famous Lieder cycles—two of which we usually know with mezzos and altos—are here interpreted by Günther Groissböck, a still fairly young bass who has made
Thanks to Idéale Audience, Bruno Monsaingeon’s fascinating 1998 documentary film Richter the Enigma finally appears on DVD formatted for Region One playback. Sviatoslav Richter may
This release, a BBC recording from June 19, 1977 that
A must for Pears/Britten fans, this disc also features the recording of Britten’s On this Island, the 24-year-old composer’s perfectly wrought, determinedly synergistic settings of
By definition, vintage Hotter in Wolf songs is self-recommending. Testament has gathered some of the great bass-baritone’s finest recordings made in his prime between 1951
Hugo Wolf’s early, sprawling D minor Quartet has relatively few takers in the CD era. Yet ensembles that brave the barely-20-year-old composer’s unwieldy, difficult-to-balance textures
My ecstatic review of the 1977 Salzburg recital devoted to Hugo Wolf’s Goethe Lieder featuring Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and Sviatoslav Richter (type Q2287 in Search Reviews)
Perhaps it’s the passage of time, or it’s simply the New Zealand String Quartet’s embracing, unselfconscious style and illuminating technique, but the atonal sounds of
It’s safe to say that nothing like the intimate and uniquely inspirational atmosphere of Britten’s Aldeburgh festivals exists today, given that annual event’s guiding and
