
This is one of the best recordings yet to come from the Michael Tilson Thomas/San Francisco Symphony partnership. Tilson Thomas has long established his credentials
Michael Tilson Thomas’ long association with the music of George Gershwin results in performances so idiomatic they could be categorized as (almost) definitive. In all
These two pieces go well together: both have first movements based on the same four-note motive, but Beethoven puts it to very different expressive use.
[This is a re-post in tribute to and remembrance of
Herbert Blomstedt’s Ein Heldenleben is one of the most beautifully rendered performances on disc. There’s buoyant energy that enlivens the music from the first note
Herbert Blomstedt is one of those conductor who grows on
How to describe this set of non-happening Schumann symphonies? I had thought originally to provide a header and then leave the page totally blank, but
Like his 1971 recording of Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 1, Michael Tilson Thomas’ probingly conducted and beautifully played Tchaikovsky Pathétique is intriguing for its “balletic” treatment
Michael Tilson Thomas has always been an outstanding Debussy conductor. This release partially revisits his first recording of the composer’s music–a magical Images and Afternoon
The recent death of Zoltán Kocsis represents a major loss