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Alexander Gibson’s affectionate reading of Mozart’s Sinfonia concertante benefits from flowing tempos and naturally-breathed phrasing in addition to the full-bodied sound of modern instruments. Norbert
Charles Ives’ four violin sonatas count among the composer’s most focused and imaginative works in any genre. They contain enough craggy dissonances, mangled hymn tunes,
Volume 15 of Soundspells’ Meyer Kupferman series presents his orchestral music along with samplings of his chamber and instrumental compositions. Disc 1 opens with the
This is violinist Graf Mourja’s second recital for Harmonia Mundi–and it’s my sad duty to report that nothing has really improved between the first and
It’s so comforting to know that these excellent performances will have a new lease on life courtesy of Naxos. David Diamond’s First Symphony (1841) is
Believe it or not, this reissue marks the first time David Oistrakh’s 1969 Brahms Concerto with George Szell and the Cleveland Orchestra appears on CD
We seem to be in the midst of a mini-Hubay revival–not that there’s anything wrong with that! This new disc comes into competition with Hungaroton’s
Ilya Gringolts cuts a broad swath through these Bach stalwarts to the point that his bow becomes something of a scythe. He attacks the myriad
To judge from the CD catalog or from concert programs and radio broadcasts, you’d think Vivaldi was a one-hit wonder of the Italian Baroque, the
Semyon Bychkov, who seemed to disappear after a handful of high-profile and highly variable Philips releases in the 1990s (a pretty decent Eugene Onegin, a
