
This three-disc set, very carefully remastered by Mark Obert-Thorn, contains […]
The Bottom Line: This dreadful new version of Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis takes an excellent chorus, four fine soloists, and an over-parted Freiburger Barockorchester and places
The Bottom Line: As Gardiner remakes a lot of his
I was much taken by Lise Davidsen’s first CD (see reviews archive) and am equally impressed by this, her second. I compared her there to
Profil’s 10-disc Louis Kentner collection offers a diverse, if somewhat
It is fitting that the Danish String Quartet programs Beethoven’s C-sharp minor quartet Op. 131 alongside Bartók’s Quartet No. 1, for their commonalities are revealing.
After Teodor Currentzis’ atrocious, inhibited Beethoven Fifth, this Seventh sounds
The Bottom Line: When Colin Davis was “on,” he was
Orfeo has been marking its 40th anniversary with boxed sets
Collectors are mostly likely to know pianist Pierre Barbizet (1922-1990)