
Everyone plays Bruckner these days. Everyone records Bruckner these days. Ninety-nine percent of those recordings, never mind the live performances, are dreck. They exist for
There are few things more wonderful in the life of a record collector than a really great recording of a repertory warhorse. It’s not just
Recordings like this restore one’s faith in the possibility of
This is a remarkable live performance of a very difficult symphony. Manfred Honeck is a real conductor, and by that I mean he has both
Another great Mahler Fourth–talk about being spoiled for choice! This is in some ways a heavily inflected performance, but only where Mahler offers the opportunity.
This is one terrific CD. It’s interesting that German violinists seem to be taking on the Szymanowski concertos: we have recent releases from Zehetmair, Tetzlaff,
In case you haven’t noticed, Allegro now distributes Exton, an exciting prospect for American collectors tired of ordering direct from Japan and paying crazy prices
Judging from his various CD covers and advertising photos, Matthias Goerne is not much given to smiling, presenting instead a cold and forbidding visage. Ah,