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The subtitle, “The Unpublished EMI Recordings 1955-1958”, stirs both apprehension and anticipation. Apprehension, because the immediate question that comes to mind is “why were they
In addition to his renown as a composer, Ralph Vaughan Williams harbored a lifelong interest in choral conducting. His close association with the Leith Hill
Live recording in the 78 era was a chancey yet cost-effective way of adding large-scale orchestral and choral works to the catalog. Notable examples include
The CD catalog suffers no lack of distinguished recordings of the Bach Cello Suites, whether full, mid-, or budget price. Ralph Kirshbaum’s 1995 readings, now
The present release attests to Evgeny Koroliov’s standing among the most stylish, thought-provoking, technically accomplished, and emotionally fulfilling Bach pianists who ever lived. He probes
Although Robert Levin is generally associated with his performances on period instruments, the noted pianist/scholar tackles Bach’s English Suites on a regulation concert grand. Given
Disappointment has become a consistent feature of this ambitious but ultimately ill-advised Bach cantata series from John Eliot Gardiner and his Monteverdi Choir. This latest
Andrei Gavrilov’s 1987 EMI cycle of the Bach Keyboard Concertos (played on the concert grand) generally finds this Russian firebrand on his best pianistic behavior.
Evgeni Koroliov’s well-deserved prominence among today’s Bach pianists began, in effect, with this 1990 recording of The Art of Fugue, newly repackaged by Tacet. I
If you want to hear Bach’s three cello sonatas interpreted with heartfelt phrasing and stylistic surety that never becomes self-conscious, you’ve come to the right
