Orchestral

Paul Paray’s Sprightly Schumann Symphonies

David Hurwitz

Paul Paray’s Schumann performances are exactly what you would expect, coming from this source. They’re bright, clear, peppy, neat, and elegant, without a trace of

Comparisons: Walter vs. Klemperer in Mozart’s Masonic Funeral Music

David Hurwitz

Mozart’s Masonic Funeral Music is a brief, powerful elegy performed

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Egarr’s Handel Op. 4: Good, But A Bit Monochrome

David Vernier

Popular as they were as features of Handel’s London performances–notably

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Reference Recording: Bach for All Time(s)

David Vernier

Is there ever a wrong time to listen to the

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Magnificent Magnificats by Bach & Vivaldi

David Vernier

How does a group of performers make a Vivaldi concerto you’ve heard more times than you can count sound, well, fresh and engaging? You play

Brahmsian Bleakness From Michael Korstick

Jed Distler

If there’s ever been a sterner and bleaker studio rendition of Brahms’ First concerto than Michael Korstick’s collaboration with Constantin Trinks and the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester

Big Boxes: Lord, Have Percy! Chandos’ Complete Grainger Edition

Jed Distler

In 2021, amid the COVID pandemic, Chandos honored Australian composer

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Cult Conductors: Walter’s Youthful Valedictory Mahler 2

David Hurwitz

Individual Sony titles imported from Japan are showing up on

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Ravishing Radu Lupu Rarities

Jed Distler

The sixth volume in Doremi’s ongoing releases of live archival material with Radu Lupu features a previously unpublished recital that took place in Tokyo on