
Two discs’ worth of transfigured and hyphenated Bach make for an interesting if somewhat heavy program, akin to eating a nine-course, all-meat dinner on a
This 4.1 DSD production strikes me as excellent in every way. The sonics offer warmth and the surround effect is so discreet as to be
This is an excellent, absolutely world-class recording of Bach’s B minor Mass. Anyone familiar with the work of the Dresden Chamber Choir knows that it
You could spend many hours of listening and fill dozens of pages of text to expound the similarities, differences, felicities, inconsistencies, and relative merits of
Maria Kliegel takes a more rough-and-tumble, italicized approach to Bach’s Cello Suites than Alexander Rudin, who also recorded the cycle for Naxos. In the Preludes
The intelligence, sensitivity, and innate musicality distinguishing violinist James Ehnes’ terrific unaccompanied Bach carries over to his first volume of the composer’s sonatas with harpsichord.
Jeni Slotchiver’s musicianly pianism is largely at one with the lucid polyphony, strange harmonic allusions, and emotional restraint characterizing the first five of Busoni’s Six
Pianist Alessio Bax first came to world attention by winning the Leeds International Competition in 2000. The pianist’s first solo disc for Warner Classics offers
Philips observes the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Claudio Arrau’s birth with a 10-disc set bursting with a well-selected overview of the great pianist’s
Here’s an uneven though inexpensive taster for anyone wishing to sample piano versions of Bach’s solo keyboard concertos through varied interpretive perspectives. I’ve always enjoyed