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I yield to no one in my admiration and respect for the late Sándor Végh, whose place in chamber music history is secured through his
In the booklet notes accompanying his recordings of Bach’s Solo Sonatas and Partitas, violinist Benjamin Schimd stresses the music’s harmonic richness as the basis of
In the main, organist Jaroslav Tuma approaches Bach’s valedictory tour-de-force of contrapuntal ingenuity in measured strides. His conservative tempos allow the composer’s lines to take
Non-keyboardists increasingly lay claim to Bach’s Goldberg Variations on disc, from string trios and cimbalom duos, to guitar renditions and synthesizer blowouts. The challenge to
First the good news: Yehudi Menuhin and Wanda Landowska’s powerfully inflected Bach E major Sonata, recorded in 1945, has never sounded better on disc. Andrew
Every Bach lover, whether period-instrument fan or not, should own Karl Richter’s recordings of Bach’s great choral works. Failing that, this CD of excerpts will
Edwin Fischer’s pioneering 1930s recordings of the complete Bach Well-Tempered Clavier get a serious sonic facelift via new transfers effected by Andrew Walter. The results
There can be no argument that Jascha Heifetz was one of the world’s greatest violin virtuosos. Unfortunately, all of these performances, originally available on separate
It’s odd that EMI chose Alfred Cortot’s truly bizarre early-1930s Brandenburg Concertos over the Busch Chamber Ensemble’s acclaimed, contemporaenous versions for inclusion in its recent
First released in 1992, MDG reissues this recital encompassing a selection of Ferruccio Busoni’s original works and Bach transcriptions. The renowned D minor Toccata and
