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Once upon a millennium, there was the creation of the Well-Tempered Clavier. And it was good. And it was final. No composer need bother with
Evgeni Koroliov takes many of his tempo and articulation cues from Glenn Gould’s influential 1981 Goldbergs, from the unbridled virtuosity of the cross-handed movements to
In 1951 Yehudi Menhuin and his trusty accompanist Adolf Baller toured Japan and made the recordings reissued here, rarities all. Like his post-war performances with
Taped in 1957 for EMI, this second of Rosalyn Tureck’s six recorded “Goldbergs” is not dissimilar from the veteran pianist’s recent Deutsche Grammophon remake in
Maria Yudina was an eccentric among the Soviet pianists who came of age in the Stalin era. She’d sprinkle her recitals with poetry readings, or
Although Klemperer eschewed the indulgences typical of Bach conductors from his generation, his 1954 Orchestral Suites are conceived on a grand and sonorous scale. Unlike
Joseph Szigeti was a compelling but sometimes uneven performer, as proven by these live broadcast airchecks, reissued by Music & Arts at midprice. The G
Recorded in concert 10 months before his death in December, 1950, Dinu Lipatti’s assertive yet sensitive pianism captures the full measure of Chopin’s youthful genius,
Volume Four in MDG’s survey of J.S. Bach’s complete solo concertos (meaning, I suppose, everything except the Brandenburgs, which already have been issued) admirably showcases
This excellent program of Bach concertos is organized around the two famous works in D minor–the double violin concerto, BWV 1043, and the great harpsichord
