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Arto Noras and Bruno Rigutto taped Beethoven’s five cello sonatas for Finlandia in 1995. Their performances, though often creditable enough, failed to attract widespread critical
Yoshiko Arai and Izumi Tateno find engaging contrasts, both dynamic and tonal, in Sibelius’ E major violin Sonatina, especially in the central Andantino. However, the
Re-issued to mark Schiff’s 50th birthday, these are in the main admirable performances, despite Schiff’s sometimes detached manner. There could, for example, be a more
Mischa Maisky’s cavalier approach to rhythm can be damaging in this “Live in Japan” concert performance, but Martha Argerich’s playing is outstanding throughout. In the
The Violin Concerto No. 2 is an early work, composed in 1858 when Saint-Saëns was but 23 years of age and before he developed his
Johann Peter Emilius Hartmann (1805-1900) and Emil Hartmann (1836-98) were from one of Denmark’s prominent musical families (the grandfather, Johann Ernst, emigrated from Germany and
Khachaturian composed his 1963 Concerto Rhapsody for Rostropovich. It’s a sprawling, aptly named work that undergoes a series of colorful and fantastical gyrations that Rostropovich
A decade ago Pieter Wispelwey recorded Britten’s three cello suites for the Globe label (GLO5074). The performances were superb, demonstrating a high level of interpretive
Out of the three recordings Artur Schnabel made of Beethoven’s “Emperor” Concerto, his 1932 HMV version strikes a happy medium between 1942’s raw-nerve angularity and
A warm welcome back to the catalogue for one of the all-time great cello discs. The original Columbia LP by Leonard Rose and Leonid Hambro
