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Brahms Jansons Writer’s Block Review C

David Hurwitz

This is the kind of release a critic dreads: well played, well recorded, respectful of the scores, but ultimately unmemorable, uncompetitive, and lacking in character.

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Violin Concertos by Brustad and Walton/Simax C

ClassicsToday

This disc highlights the virtuoso talents of violinist Camilla Wicks. Though Wicks was born in America and took her major music lessons here, she spent

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Brahms 4 Jansons C

David Hurwitz

This performance of Brahms’ Fourth Symphony offers the same virtues and defects as Jansons’ previous release of symphonies 2 and 3. The playing is very

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