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Sony Masters’ 2012 repackaging of the Murray Perahia Mozart Piano […]
Dvorák’s Legends are unclassifiable: ten short-ish movements economically scored for
One of the biggest questions regarding multichannel recording as it applies to classical music–and orchestral music in particular–is what to do with the rear speakers.
This is an unimaginative (and not particularly logical) coupling. Any good orchestral harpist can play the daylights out of these works, and neither the Glière
In reviewing Naxos’ former, relatively uninteresting recording of La Coronela (with the Aguascalientes Symphony Orchestra led by Enrique Barrios), I wrote “And as for Gisèle
These performances of the Frank Bridge Variations and the Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra by Steuart Bedford (taken from the old Collins Classics catalog)
As long as the Pears/Britten recordings of the Serenade are around (especially the more mature, radiant, better-sounding second effort with hornist Barry Tuckwell), all others
Pentatone’s remastered reissue of Heinz Holliger’s baroque concerto program, a mid-1970s LP staple on Philips, will be welcomed back by all but the most diehard
Beethoven expended little effort over arranging his Violin Concerto for piano. He left the orchestration intact, reproduced the solo part more or less verbatim, and
This release is very good and but a small step below Lyrita’s best. Imogen Holst was a fine musician and good composer, and few were
