
Bruckner’s Symphony No. 2 was among the better efforts in Karajan’s complete cycle. On this work he lavished the rich, cultivated sound of his Berlin
In a recent radio interview Colin Matthews said he considered withdrawing his composition Pluto, the Renewer in light of the space body’s planetary demotion. But,
The best thing about this Elgar Panorama is that it restores Leonard Bernstein’s colorful–and controversial–Enigma Variations to the catalog. From the day it was released
The two performances on this CD reflect Carlo Maria Giulini’s late conducting style, with slowish tempos matched to a directness of expression and solidity of
Those who are familiar with Pierre Boulez’s earlier “Complete Webern” on Sony will notice that his new Deutsche Grammophon edition contains six discs to Sony’s
Although Herbert von Karajan probably would have wanted to be remembered as a great conductor in the central German repertoire, his best orchestral recordings often
It may be rash to claim that the French pianist Monique Haas (1909-1987) never made a bad recording, but you won’t find one among her
There are plenty of available versions of the Mozart Violin Concertos, but few that can match the recordings David Oistrakh made in Berlin back in
This Bruckner Seventh, Wand’s third go at the piece, sounds absolutely magnificent in all respects–interpretation, playing, and sound. He sets flowing tempos and holds each
This very generous Brahms collection has more complete works and less excerpts than some of the other titles in Deutsche Grammophon’s Panorama series. The program