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The notes to this release contain yet another conversation about “classical” vs. “jazz” in Gershwin’s music. The fact that this discussion is still taking place,
Riccardo Chailly and his Dresden and Leipzig forces have created a great modern interpretation of Bach’s Christmas Oratorio that realizes the truest elements of period-performance
This album uses the term “discoveries” rather loosely, especially as it applies to the Piano Concerto No. 3 in E minor, for which the third
This performance of the Brahms Violin Concerto is one of unalloyed greatness. Vadim Repin feels no need to make ostentatious points in, say, the first
The DSD-mastered surround mix on this hybrid SACD release captures more of the sound of the symphony than I have ever heard (for a review
This is one of Riccardo Chailly’s finest recordings, and a wonderful concept: 1920s modernism as embodied in three very major works, one Russian, one French,
If you already bought the single-disc release of Symphonies 2 and 4 (reviewed in 2007), then you’re out of luck; to complete the cycle with
The panache and poetry distinguishing Jorge Bolet’s finest concert performances rarely emerge in these frankly enervated readings, available again via Arkivmusic.com’s on-demand reissue program. True,
This was recorded at La Scala during the controversial run of performances in December, 2006 that featured Roberto Alagna’s infamous departure from the stage after
Riccardo Chailly’s 1985 Bruckner Symphony No. 3 presented a major challenge to Karajan’s contemporaneous recording, which pretty much ruled the roost critically. Chailly matched the
