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Over the past two decades the Finnish pianist Juho Pohjonen has become a highly sought-after chamber music collaborator in concert and on disc. He also
Triad, the latest release by Icelandic pianist Vikingur (Heiðar) Ólafsson, isn’t a new album. It’s simply a fancy repackaging of his last three main releases
What appears to be a hodgepodge of French pieces actually emerges as a carefully crafted program. Pianist Jorge Federico Osorio begins with Fauré’s famous Pavane,
Whatever led Marcin Fleszar to pair Rameau’s A minor Suite with Schumann’s Davidsbündlertanze, all I can say is that the idea is original and inspired.
Having long made her mark as a harpsichordist and Baroque interpreter, Virginia Black has been revisiting this repertoire on the modern concert grand. Her Rameau
The ballet’s story is quickly told: Pygmalion, a sculptor, falls in love with one of his own creations. Would-be girlfriend Céphise doesn’t buy it and
One wouldn’t ordinarily link Rameau and Berlioz, yet these disparate composers prove compatible disc mates. Indeed, the energy, rhythmic élan, and occasional audacity conveyed in
What with its frills and dances, most French Baroque opera almost begs to keep its distance from its listeners, but we simply have to get
Deutsche Grammophon has a history of signing exclusive contracts with pianists who cultivate enigmatic and awesome reputations, such as Martha Argerich, Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, and
Rameau composed Dardanus in 1739 at the height of the
