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How four solid musicians of international repute can produce so blemished a recording of Messiaen’s chamber music masterpiece is anyone’s guess, let alone approve it
A new Jan Vogler recording is always worth checking out. He’s been going through all the major cello (chamber) repertoire on Berlin Classics, and this
Granville Bantock’s chamber works for cello have suffered virtual neglect almost since the day the composer committed them to paper. Fortunately, with this new recording
There isn’t much cello music by Mexican composers in the catalog, which is one reason I eagerly approached this varied recital of cello and piano
In this collection of short works for cello and orchestra Han-Na Chang displays the robust tone and broad musical strokes that have gained her some
Adolf von Henselt’s music is not well known today outside piano circles. His Piano Trio Op. 24, dedicated to Franz Liszt, is one of the
If nothing else, this recording demonstrates two important facts: Borodin wrote a few good songs, and Russian singers perform this music entirely differently from their
What the booklet cover and jewel case spine both misleadingly term Tchaikovsky’s “Flute Concerto” is a four-minute fragment of entirely forgettable juvenilia–to be precise, Tchaikovsky’s
Paul Tortelier’s legacy is being overlooked lately, another victim of ongoing catalog trimming. There’s not much of his stuff available right now, and so it’s
At their best, Brahms’ sextets can demonstrate why it is that playing or listening to chamber music can be as totally absorbing, overwhelming, and ultimately
