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For all his renown as a Debussy and Ravel exponent, Walter Gieseking commanded one of the widest repertoires of any pianist. Dating from the late
Within a few pages of this Appassionata you realize that the usual catchwords to describe Solomon’s Beethoven (“cool,” “patrician,” or “symmetrical”) simply won’t do. The
Leonard Bernstein’s legacy with the Vienna Philharmonic realized some prized Deutsche Grammophon recordings in which he asserted himself as a cogent and original interpreter of
In his Missa Solemnis, Beethoven grasped heavenward hoping to touch the face of a God he could neither see nor hear, in a supreme effort
This Galleria reissue compilation contains a pleasing program of Beethoven’s First Piano Concerto in C, the cantata Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage, and the Op.
Compared to an earlier EMI Références transfer, Solomon’s 1951 Beethoven Op. 111 sounds slightly fuller of body in Paul Bailey’s remastering for Testament. That said,
In the early days of CD, RCA issued the Beethoven and Brahms Violin Concertos on one disc, a compilation that on the surface seemed to
Back in the 1970s, Friedrich Gulda recorded a Beethoven piano concerto cycle for Decca with the Vienna Philharmonic conducted by Horst Stein. It was notable
I’ve awaited this Beethoven sonata cycle from Simca Heled and Simone Dinnerstein with considerable expectations, which by and large have been met. Heled is marginally
A brighter but less warmly equalized transfer of Solomon’s Beethoven Op. 90 sonata previously appeared on EMI. This is one of the few Beethoven Sonatas
