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This volume 7 of Koch’s Czeslaw Marek ongoing edition explores the Swiss-Polish composer’s chamber music production. The Sonata op. 13 (1914) and the Suite de
Trout season is in full swing, judging from all the versions of Schubert’s Piano Quintet on CD, with more contenders on the way. These highly
An album of this sort seems as much concocted to present a portrait of the artist as to offer interpretations of the music–and there’s no
This Scheherazade is languid, sensuous, and intoxicating. We can fully appreciate how the Tsar was bewitched by his new wife’s charms, if not her storytelling.
Long time collectors who remember Guiomar Novaes’ intimate, impulsive approach to the burlier portions of Schumann’s Piano Concerto will find a sonically upgraded parallel in
The coupling is certainly a hodgepodge, and the Vivaldi, Weber, and Wieniawski pieces may be fluff, if well performed fluff. No, the value of this
This is an incredibly beautiful CD, one that will surely be played repeatedly around here. The repertoire is mostly for string orchestra and every piece
We live in an age where record companies seem hell-bent to record the complete works of absolutely everyone, worthy or not. Yet there are serious
András Schiff’s Wanderer Fantasy gives us a kinder, gentler Schubert than the intense, driven composer of Sviatoslav Richter’s classic EMI recording. Richter is full of
David Oistrakh, proclaims the cover in both English and Cyrillic, followed by “The Essential”. Lest the unsuspecting prospective listener think this two-disc set is a
