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In Debussy’s Nocturnes Sergiu Celibidache lets the clouds of Nuages drift by at a dreamily slow pace, conjuring up a lazy summer afternoon, while he
While Igor Kipnis hasn’t completely forsaken his trusty harpsichord, much of his recent work has focused on the piano duo repertoire, partnered by pianist Karen
A disc featuring works by the underestimated Marcelle-Germaine Tailleferre is always welcome. She was the only female member of the circle of French composers dubbed
This is a fairly standard collection of orchestral showpieces of 20th century Spanish music, and every work on this disc can be found on dozens
Serge Koussevitsky was a champion of modern music, commissioning, among many other important works, two of the most popular orchestral showpieces in the repertoire: Bartók’s
Three-fourths of this collection stems from a radio broadcast dating around 1948, issued here for the first time. The engineering is unusually vibrant and colorful
It’s interesting to hear Gershwin’s concerted works juxtaposed with Ravel’s two piano concertos, especially the jazz-influenced G major one. Rhapsody in Blue and Concerto in
Sometimes, when a performance doesn’t seem to go just right on CD, one’s bad impression is not caused by any one weakness but is occasioned
Most us might think of Gabriel Fauré as a 19th century composer, but he lived through the first quarter of the 20th century. He remained
Considered by Pierre Boulez “France’s best symphonic ensemble”, the Orchestre National de Lyon unfortunately has also the worst concert venue, the over-resonant Maurice Ravel Auditorium.
