
Listening to and evaluating historical recordings such as this can […]
There have been so many discs by lesser-known artists, ensembles,
Claus Peter Flor recorded this symphony for RCA, and rather well, but this remake is finer still. The Eighth benefits from as fresh and lively
This attractive three-disc set claims to present the “complete” overtures and tone poems, and it does nothing of the kind. What it does offer is
Both of Glazunov’s concertos are late works, little known in today’s concert halls. They do not deserve their neglect. No less a musical luminary than
Yes, Vox is (was) still making new recordings, and so is (was) violinist Aaron Rosand. This one is superb. The excellence of the Malaysian Philharmonic
So much of Glazunov’s music reminds me of tepid bath water. It’s very comfortable, but not very stimulating, and it cools off too quickly. And
Nathan Milstein was without question one of the handful of
My Uncle Sam had one of the coolest jobs of
Enescu’s Third Symphony is one of those “everything including the