
This is a very welcome release. The Eternal Gospel is Janácek’s major pre-Glagolitic Mass choral work (along with the cantata Amarus), and we have badly
While the major labels dilute their slimmed-down classical budgets trying to find artists to market like pop stars, EigenArt and other small outfits seem to
The piano music of Leoš Janácek does not play itself. Janácek approached the instrument not so much as a virtuoso vehicle than as a tool
What is there to say? These recordings have served as reference editions in this repertoire since the day they were recorded, and so they remain.
Who knew violin virtuoso James Ehnes was a pianist! He demonstrates his facility for the keyboard on this disc’s final track, a decently played, heartfelt
Zoltán Kodaly’s lyric-dramatic Missa Brevis is one of the delights of choral literature. It was prepared by the composer in two versions, one with full
If you associate Debussy and Ravel’s sound world with subtle pastels applied in gentle dabs, you might consider violinist Frank Peter Zimmermann’s primary colors and
At last! Supraphon has released these classic performances, for years the reference editions of this music, in superbly remastered sound that seems not to have
Here’s a really terrific recital, both enterprising and intelligent, that winds up being much more than the sum of its very considerable parts. Isabelle Faust
Born in 1978, pianist Severin von Eckardstein has recently made his mark on the European festival and competition scene. In 2000 he placed third at