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Big Boxes: Jansons–The (Necessary?) Oslo Years

by David Hurwitz

The Bottom Line: Although there are some very fine performances here in this 21 CD, 5 DVD box, much ... Continue Reading

Finally, Warner’s Szell Box! (video review)

by David Hurwitz

The Bottom Line: What could be better than a big box of Szell? This set will be self-recommending fo... Continue Reading

Filling In The Gaps: Wilhelm Backhaus’ 1940s Recordings

by Jed Distler

The recording career of Wilhelm Backhaus (1884-1969) spanned 60 years from 1908 until the pianist’... Continue Reading

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Featured Label: Skylark Vocal Ensemble

Skylark’s Warm, Bright Winter’s Night

by David Vernier

I've said this before: in the real estate world, the three most important things are location, location, location; in the world of concert performance, they are programming, programming, programming. ... Continue Reading

Featured Label: Naxos

Hely-Hutchinson, etc.: Christmas Carol Symphonies

by David Vernier

[Re-post from 2003] There's nothing like Christmas to bring out a composer's more unapologetically clever and enthusiastically indulgent, prodigiously inventive ideas, in apparent realization of child... Continue Reading

Featured Label: Harmonia Mundi

J.S. BACH–Alio modo

by David Vernier

From its first CD recordings nearly 30 years ago (actually, I believe the first was titled "Heart's Ease", on Virgin Classics in 1988), the viol consort known as Fretwork set a formidable standard for... Continue Reading

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Paavo Järvi Thrills in Tchaik 5 and Bores in Francesca

November 29, 2020 by David Hurwitz

What is it about Francesca da Rimini that makes it so difficult to perform successfully? I mean, it's not rocket science. All you have to do is play the daylights out of the "hell" sections, and keep ... Continue Reading

Nelly Akopian-Tamarina In Slow Motion

November 27, 2020 by Jed Distler

If you’ve heard Nelly Akopian-Tamarina’s self-indulgent Schumann and glacially slow Brahms recordings, you’ll know what to expect from these 2008/09 live Wigmore Hall performances. In fairness, ... Continue Reading

The Gap Sadly Unfilled: Boult’s Abridged Busoni

November 24, 2020 by Jens F. Laurson

Goethe proclaimed that “only Mozart” (who had already died) was capable of writing an opera based on his Faust. That did not keep others from trying. Arrigo Boito succeeded resoundingly with Mefis... Continue Reading

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