
Marek Janowski has some very good ideas about how this symphony should go, and a few less good ones. On the plus side he shapes
Shostakovich’s First Violin Concerto has become such a repertory staple that young violinists automatically (it seems) include it among their very first recordings. Heaven knows
This Ring, released in 1983, was the first to be digitally recorded. I recall that each CD contained only two or three tracks–certain technical aspects
Hilary Hahn’s latest release is yet one more sign that this 22-year-old definitely is not a flash-in-the-pan child prodigy, but rather already is one of
Ozawa’s premiere recording of the Turangalila-symphonie stands the test of time very well and makes a timely reappearance on CD in the West (it’s always