
There’s a lot of prettiness in this release of the first successful large-scale work by Swiss composer Othmar Schoeck (1886-1957)–perhaps too much prettiness. The disc
The proficiency and high polish characterizing these Mozart concerto performances creates a chilly, uninviting aura. Part of the problem stems from sonics whose reverberant ambience
CPO’s series of Ries symphonies comes to a close with these two conventional but attractive works. Although cast in a minor key, don’t expect Beethoven’s
This release must be heard by all fans of amazing piano playing. Michelangeli was one of those artists who was a law unto himself, offering
Ries imitates me too greatly, was Beethoven’s complaint about his one-time pupil and devoted disciple. Indeed, in Ries’ 1818 Symphony No. 4 the Beethovenian fingerprints
Much to the consternation of musicologists, Leopold Antonin Koželuch (1747-1818) was given the same name at birth as his elder cousin, Johann Anton, who also
Music for strings from the Viennese modern school is the menu for this CD. Schoenberg’s voluptuous Verklärte Nacht is balanced by the more acerbic Webern