
Aside from the fact that these Liszt, Busoni, and Bach/Busoni works are based on “vocal forms” (according to the booklet notes), they add up to
Daniel Barenboim’s rhetorical, essentially pianistic approach to Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1 proves even more postured and self-aggrandizing throughout Book 2. The pianist applies added
The ensemble Café Zimmermann takes its name from Gottfried Zimmermann’s famed Leipzig coffee house, which became home to Telemann’s Collegium Musicum in 1723 (the ensemble
Kenneth Gilbert’s 1986 Harmonia Mundi recording of Bach’s Goldberg Variations (using a Hubert Bédard harpsichord) continues to retain its place in the catalog, and now
This recording documents a live performance made on October 30, 2001 in Basel, Switzerland, and as might be expected from a Bach player of Schiff’s
Boy, is this fun! Mika Väyrynen not only plays Bach’s Goldberg Variations on the accordion to brilliant virtuosic effect, but he also manages to give
This second volume of Bach keyboard concertos is every bit as fine as the first (type Q9124 in the search box for that review). Angela
When this recording was made 40 years ago it had a lot going for it, and in many ways it still does. The three vocalists
Harmonia Mundi’s superb Bach Edition releases continue to remind us not only of the unsurpassed greatness of the world’s definitive musical genius, but also of
There has been no shortage of excellent Bach keyboard concerto performances on the piano, from Glenn Gould to Murray Perahia, and this newcomer certainly belongs