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Violinist Joseph Silverstein marks his 70th birthday with this two-CD set of the complete Bach solo violin sonatas and partitas. He has had a long
Judging from these 1950 recordings (originally issued by Decca), the late Friedrich Gulda was as vital, stylish, and straightforward a Beethoven interpreter at the ripe
So often people think, ‘Oh, Bach is heavy music, very difficult,’ Ton Koopman is quoted as saying in the liner notes of this new CD.
Many months lapsed between the first two installments in Martin Roscoe’s Szymanowski cycle for Naxos and the present volume. But the wait was worth it.
The harpsichord world has undergone major philosophical and scholarly changes since Wanda Landowska’s heyday, but her artistry remains timeless. Listen to her impeccable trills, her
Telemann’s 12 solo fantasias–Baroque masterpieces–are still overlooked to the point that any new recording should make a violin lover’s mouth water. Unfortunately, however, British violinist
Pianist Wolfgang Leibnitz, who studied with Claudio Arrau, aspires to his teacher’s broad, ultra-serious, rhetorical Schumann style yet lacks the older master’s organic virtuosity, warmth
Paul S. Kim is a noted scholar and interpreter of Messiaen’s piano works, having had the advantage of working with the composer. He begins a
In the main, speedy tempos and cavalier details characterize François-Joél Thiollier’s Ravel. He plays Le Tombeau de Couperin’s Prélude so fast that the lines blur
Composer/conductor Virko Bailey has masterminded an extensive series of releases devoted to previously unissued concert recordings culled from Sviatoslav Richter’s concerts in Kiev. Volumes 1
