

Evgeny Kissin’s Sony Classical and RCA Victor recordings date from […]

Manfred Honeck makes the Shostakovich Fifth sound freshly-composed–quite an accomplishment for this certified warhorse. His scrupulous attention to Shostakovich’s meticulous dynamic markings and instrumental balances–the

There was more to Nino Rota than his famous film scores. The point is persuasively–and repeatedly–made by Decca and The Orchestra Giuseppe Verdi di Milano

The Fourth and the Sixth are the most dramatic and violent of Vaughan Williams’ nine symphonies, yet somehow Mark Elder manages to render them both

Yes, it’s really that Schlemihl, the poor guy in Jewish

Reznicek continues to impress as the biggest fin-de-siècle discovery since

Reznicek’s Symphony No. 5, subtitled “Dance Symphony”, is a hoot.

There’s nothing particularly tragic about the First Symphony; in fact

Since this 108-CD set contains the complete Solti/Chicago recordings, there’s

Steven Osborne almost invariably turns in thoughtful, sensitive interpretations of whatever he plays, and there are some exquisite moments throughout these performances. Consider the svelte
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