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As she proved on her 2002 Schumann recital, also for Harmonia Mundi (type Q5236 in Search Reviews), mezzo-soprano Bernarda Fink is a first-rate Romantic lieder
I had the opportunity to see Thielemann perform Brahms’ First Symphony a few years ago, and happily his interpretation has matured over time. He still
The Violin Concerto is arguably Brahms’ finest work in the concerto medium. He was always at his best when facing a serious musical challenge, in
Hélène Grimaud made her first five CDs for the Denon label, when the pianist was in her mid-teens through early 20s. Brilliant Classics has reissued
Jean-Yves Thibaudet is one of the few pianists on disc who manages to make Brahms’ Paganini Variations both scintillating and sonorous. The basses ring out
Sviatoslav Richter’s 1960 recording of Brahms’ Second Piano Concerto sounds fuller and more vibrant in this new transfer than in previous CD editions. Technically, Richter
The sound for Piatigorsky and Solomon’s 1954 Beethoven sonata recordings is more focused and better defined than ever before. You can hear all sorts of
Although RCA’s 1954 Rubinstein/Reiner Brahms First Concerto originally appeared in mono, an experimental stereo version surfaced in the late 1970s, offering a fuller, more three-dimensional
Was Dennis Brain the greatest horn player ever? No argument from me. It’s hard to imagine a more consummate master of any instrument or a
Martin Fröst is as fine a clarinetist as anyone alive today, and he teams up with two equally superb colleagues in presenting exceptional performances of
