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This is horrendous. Daniel Harding hasn’t a clue about what Brahms should sound like, nor does he know how to render these symphonies even minimally
Here’s another in Bridge’s valuable series of Library of Congress concerts featuring the Budapest Quartet. The prize is the Brahms G minor Piano Quartet, which
Cellist Arto Noras’ account of the E minor Brahms sonata is plain-spoken and uncluttered by mannerisms. The opening movement is broadly paced, so the arrival
Much critical ink has been spilled extolling the virtues of Toscanini’s classic New York Philharmonic recordings from the 1920s and 1930s, and justifiably so. In
Historic record mavens are most likely to know Conrad Hansen in his role as piano soloist in Mengelberg’s Berlin Philharmonic studio recording of the Tchaikovsky
Artur Schnabel’s interpretations almost always reflect his forceful, inquiring musicianship and a higher, more flexible level of pianism than often accredited. His post-war Schumann Kinderszenen,
Commentators frequently remark on the enormous difficulties contained in the solo part of the Brahms Violin Concerto. But for the non-violinist, said difficulties can only
You could subtitle this release “A Tale of Two Mengelbergs”. When he put his mind to it, the controversial Dutch maestro could depart from his
Mark Obert-Thorn’s transfer of Artur Schnabel’s 1938 Brahms D minor Concerto for Naxos is cleaner and clearer than the one that appeared on Pearl some
The three string quartets and the F minor piano quintet by Brahms neatly fill these Teldec Ultima reissues. The recordings by the Borodin Quartet with
