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Schnittke’s Cello Concerto is a big, heavy work consisting of two dark and gloomy slow movements followed by a considerably lighter one that ends in
These performances were recently available separately on RCA Living Stereo CDs, and their reappearance on one mid-priced disc is certainly welcome. Heifetz’s legendary singing tone,
I think ESSAY is running out of titles for this series, but never mind. This latest installment of music whose selection was inspired by the
Pianist Wu Han pays scrupulous attention to Schubert’s dynamic marks and accents in the A major sonata’s imposing first movement, but there’s a self-conscious quality
Mendelssohn’s complete works for cello and piano fit on a single CD with room to spare, and your collection should have room to spare for
Cellist Phoebe Carrai performed with period-instrument ensemble Musica Antiqua Köln from 1983 to 1993, arguably the group’s eclectic heyday. Carrai’s spirit of adventure apparently hasn’t
Ignaz Pleyel was one of Franz Joseph Haydn’s most accomplished and beloved students. After accepting Pleyel when he was only 15 years old, Haydn’s lifelong
Listening to this collection of piano and chamber works by Jan Radzynski (b. 1950) I sense a composer with a wide range of influences and
These sonatas, for harp with violin and (in three cases) ad libitum cello accompaniment, clearly were intended for the home, just like Haydn’s piano trios.
Had German pianist Elly Ney (1882-1968) not been a Nazi sympathizer her career probably would have flourished outside her native country. Because her discography embraced
