
Jacob Gade was a master of light music, and it would be very interesting to hear the orchestrations of as many of these pieces as
Originally issued by Collins Classics, this 1989 Granados and Falla recital features sensitive, idiomatic, and beautifully polished performances. While Cristina Ortiz does not consistently attain
Often heard as an accompanist, the Tokyo-born pianist Miku Nishimoto-Neubert takes center stage and proves herself a sensitive, polished Bach soloist, if not a consistently
It’s easy to understand why critics have favorably responded to Kristian Bezuidenhout’s Mozart playing: He’s a flawless technician and a musician of great finesse, who
The press quotes adorning Georgian pianist Irma Issakadze’s Bach Partitas mention her in the same breath as Glenn Gould. To my ears, her penchant for
How happy pianist Elizabeth Herbin looks on the front and back covers, with a little bird perched on her finger. Her Schubert playing, however, doesn’t
This second volume in Jean-Efflam Bavouzet’s Haydn sonata cycle is every bit as outstanding as the first. As previously, he ornaments repeats liberally and observes
Record collectors may have encountered Martin Berkofsky via his two 1970s recordings of Max Bruch’s previously lost Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra, although much
Ning Feng is a tremendously gifted violinist, and the music chosen for this recital is certainly interesting. There are two Paganini pieces (by Nathan Milstein
Richard Danielpour’s work, while assuredly well-intentioned, suffers from a common problem in the contemporary “classical” world–a sometimes desperate need to appear approachable in a way