
You gotta love those folks at Sony France. First they continue with Bernstein Century, and now we have the enticing prospect of a complete Robert
For his Onyx label debut Stephen Kovacevich revisits Beethoven’s Diabelli Variations for the first time on disc in nearly 40 years. His 1969 Philips recording
My youthful memory of Misha Dichter’s 1977 Brahms D minor concerto with Kurt Masur on LP was that of an agreeable, well played, middle-of-the-road, and
The chief distinguishing feature of this release is the recorded sound. Telarc has ideally captured a really natural balance between piano and orchestra. You really
Collectors may know violinist Uri Pianka and pianist Jonathan Zak as two-thirds of the noted Yuval Trio. They command equal respect as a duo in
Mari Kodama’s Op. 2 Beethoven sonatas reveal every note exactly in place (save for certain exposed unison octaves in the C major’s first movement, where
Idil Biret launches her own label IBA (Idil Biret Archive, distributed by Naxos) with the first of 19 CDs devoted to Beethoven’s piano sonatas and
Although 2007 marks no milestone birthdate or deathdate on Beethoven’s timeline, that hasn’t stopped record companies from hauling out super-budget boxed sets devoted to the
The final installment of Paul Lewis’ Beethoven sonata cycle turns out to be more consistently satisfying than its three predecessors. Much care and forethought obviously
Franz Clement’s name has come down to us as the dedicatee of Beethoven’s Violin Concerto, but a year previously, in 1805, he wrote his own