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Seiji Ozawa’s Prokofiev cycle has taken its share of hard knocks over the years, and deservedly so, though I believe most of the problem lies
Deutsche Grammophon’s booklet cover shows Anne-Sophie Mutter in a white dress shirt and loose-fitting tie. After listening to Recital 2000, there’s no doubt that she
Navah Perlman’s debut recital disc reveals the considerable degree to which the 28-year-old pianist has matured in the past decade. Her Bach C minor Toccata,
Collectors who know Rudolf Kempe through his EMI Dresden Staatskapelle recordings will likely be disappointed by this BBC broadcast concert. This orchestra is simply not
Valery Gergiev’s work certainly deserves to be represented in the ranks of the “Philips 50”, but I can’t help but wonder if this was the
This disc constitutes the first half of a September 3rd, 1949, Hollywood Bowl Concert, well preserved in a dry-sounding yet dynamically impactive aircheck. While Serge
Understandably, the Béroff/Masur Prokofiev concerto cycle for EMI, licensed by MHS, has been overlooked in contrast to its Ashkenazy/Previn rival on Decca. Yet I’ve long
Prokofiev composed his Semyon Kotko during the late 1930s, at a time when his major works went unperformed in the Soviet Union. Even his ballet
This CD gathers together gems from two different Argerich recitals, recorded live at the Concertgebouw in 1978-79. Aside from some predictably good Bach and Chopin,
William Kapell’s 1953 New York Philharmonic performance of the Brahms D minor Concerto reveals the extent to which the short-lived pianist had internalized this gnarly
