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The Berg works collected here certainly are essential but the selected performances are not, nor do they even represent the best in the vast Universal
This is the second double-CD set from Philips Duo devoted to great piano concertos of the 20th century. The recordings are by various artists from
Taken from live performances in London in December, 2000 (but with nary a sound from the audience), you might think that since Colin Davis previously
This is a wonderfully theatrical performance, handsomely played, hampered by a strange acoustic. Recorded live in London in October, 2000, the volume has to be
What better excuse to learn Beethoven’s C minor concerto than the promise of a lead role in a grand epic feature, where the female cabaret-pianist
Colin Davis gives one of the best overall performances of the Berlioz Requiem, but there are superior options if you value sonic spectacle over intelligent
Accompanied by the superb Staatskapelle Dresden, Finnish soprano Karita Mattila here presents eight German Romantic arias, two of which–both concert arias–are in Italian. The CD
On the basis of his recordings, John Ogdon’s Liszt playing either could be tremendously exciting or stone-cold sober–or it could range from rough around the
The efforts of the major orchestras to go into the record business, ostensibly due to the increasing lack of interest, nerve, and money coming from
Re-issued to mark Schiff’s 50th birthday, these are in the main admirable performances, despite Schiff’s sometimes detached manner. There could, for example, be a more
