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While others may bring more panache and kinetic sweep to the Rachmaninov Corelli Variations and Prokofiev Second sonata than Garrick Ohlsson, his rhythmic discipline, strong
Leopold Stokowski’s transcriptions have been getting a lot of attention on disc lately. Most particularly, DG reluctantly released an excellent disc of Mussorgsky pieces featuring
In the 2009/10 concert season Leif Ove Andsnes undertook an ambitious multi-media collaboration with video artist Robin Rhodes. A video screen and five panels surround
Recorded in 1952/53, these performances show Igor Markevitch at his incisive best, even if the somewhat grotty-sounding RIAS Symphony Orchestra isn’t really up to snuff
From the mid 1940s through the early 1950s Vladimir Horowitz arranged to have his Carnegie Hall recitals recorded in order for him to study and
As with most discs that couple the piano and orchestral versions of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, the piano version comes first, which can be
Why a “2” for performance? I don’t know. It might as well be a “1”, but I guess the orchestra deserves some credit for following
André Cluytens was a great conductor, but these wretchedly played performances do little justice to his reputation. Both of the orchestras involved were simply not
This curious hodgepodge of a disc begins with the Liszt First piano concerto in a straightforward, exciting performance by young Chinese pianist Peng Peng (no,
Telarc has had very good luck with Pictures at an Exhibition, starting with its celebrated Maazel/Cleveland recording–a seminal event heralding the digital recording age, and
