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I preface this review of Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli’s “Complete Warner Recordings” with discographical housekeeping that may benefit collectors. Discs 1 through 5 contain all of the recordings under Michelangeli’s name…
Antal Dorati’s complete set of Haydn symphonies has been the reference edition for the complete set since, well, forever, but this newcomer, also from Decca, gives it a good run…
…October 21, 2022 with a 3CD boxed set of the complete works of French composer Charlotte Sohy, followed in 2023 with a collection of works by Rita Strohl (1865-1941) with…
…Decca, Philips, and DG recordings. My point is that these labels are interchangeable components within the mega-company Universal Classics. With that in mind, does it make sense for Universal to…
Unlike DG’s recent incomplete Complete Works box, this one, all 33 CDs of it, really makes an effort to do the job right. Indeed, it contains more than the complete…
…and effortless technique make a compelling case for today’s young violin wizards to try their hands at this minor masterpiece. Composed in 1816, the Requiem Mass by Brazilian composer José…
Glenn Gould fans undoubtedly will welcome the iconoclastic pianist’s complete television broadcasts for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, all remastered from the best possible sources. While much of the material previously…
Although the fact that many composers were among the millions of Jews murdered by the Nazis in the 1930s and ’40s is well-known, it’s taken the efforts of a handful…
…as well as thoroughly approachable. Most importantly, it is instantly communicative, and an ideal musical embodiment of its Latin biblical and liturgical texts. As a composer concerned with “spiritual” issues…
…complete mono version off the map. Furthermore, Fricsay’s gifts for balancing complex linear textures without sacrificing color enliven Richard Strauss’ Don Juan and Till Eulenspiegel, Berlioz’s Roman Carnival Overture), Ravel’s…