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[Peter Schickele is best known as the delightfully clever musical humorist, promoter, presenter, and curator of the works of PDQ Bach, the “last and least”
Giovanni Sgambati (1841-1914) enjoyed a multi-faceted career. A pupil of Liszt, Sgambati stood out among 19th-century Italian pianists for his advocacy of the German school
That Giuseppe Martucci wrote symphonies at all is remarkable given his rearing in the primarily vocal Italian musical culture of the 19th century. But the
Riccardo Muti prioritizes beauty of sound over all else in this performance, with the result that you pay far more attention to the orchestral playing
Giovanni Sgambati (1841-1914) was a disciple and friend of Liszt,
This is an amazing performance, captured in terrific sound. It’s the most savage Bruckner Ninth since Jochum’s Dresden recording on EMI, especially in the terrifying
Let’s hope this disc represents the start of a series.
Abbey Simon’s complete cycle of Chopin’s works for piano and orchestra comprised the first Vox Box to be issued on Quadrophonic LPs. Where the four-channel
And here they are, the ten worst recordings of 2023, neatly arranged for our disapproval: ALDA (Avoid Like Death Awards) 2023 The White Scarf of