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Each generation of pianists contains at least a handful of artists who take the time to delve into Grieg’s Lyric Pieces, such as Walter Gieseking,
Choices, choices! Ole Kristian Ruud’s superb Grieg box on BIS To access this content you must login to your Insider account, or purchase a subscription for $5 monthly, or $49 annually.
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Choices, choices! Ole Kristian Ruud’s superb Grieg box on BIS To access this content you must login to your Insider account, or purchase a subscription
Here’s an easy call: these are gorgeous performances of music To access this content you must login to your Insider account, or purchase a subscription
The neglect of these pieces is simply unaccountable. Along with To access this content you must login to your Insider account, or purchase a subscription
Everyone loves Grieg. Everyone wishes he had written more orchestral To access this content you must login to your Insider account, or purchase a subscription
There were some interesting moments in these performances that originally […]
This is Volume 62 in Hyperion’s epic and seemingly endless […]
Each generation of pianists contains at least a handful of artists who take the time to delve into Grieg’s Lyric Pieces, such as Walter Gieseking,
Nielsen was a high energy composer, perfectly suited to a “muscle” orchestra like the New York Philharmonic. Listening to these two performance we are reminded
This first volume in what promises to be a complete traversal of Danish composer Carl Nielsen’s four string quartets ought to make many new friends
This 1953 recording, in good, re-worked mono sound, still has much to recommend, but it remains somewhat problematic as well. The Marguerite of Victoria de
Scaling the Mahler Ninth Symphony’s immense instrumental forces and harrowing emotional extremes down to chamber-sized dimensions may sound downright crazy. Thanks to David Bernard and
This opera has been referred to as Richard Strauss’ “bel canto” opera, but it’s impossible to figure out why. It requires a great dramatic soprano
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A viewer asks: "Have you made a video about your process? What goes into making one of your videos? " Well, I haven't made a video about that, so here it is, and thanks for asking.
Review: Gardner's Rachmaninoff "Bells" and "Symphonic Dances"--The Vicissitudes of "Live" Recordings
Rachmaninoff: The Bells; Symphonic Dances. Soloists, London Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir, Edward Gardner (cond.) LPO
Meij, Mehul, Medtner (Random Reviews from the Overflow Room)
Contemporary band music based on Tolkien, a couple of charming French symphonies, and the "Rachmaninoff without the tunes guy" all featured in this video from the Overflow Room.
Conductors, Pianists, Violinists, Orchestras, Ensembles and Singers I Couldn't Live Without
It took a lot of work and a lot of thought, but I've come up with the ultimate list of performers I couldn't live without. Feel free to contribute your own list too!
16 Symphonies I Couldn’t Live Without
16 Symphonies I Couldn’t Live Without
Haydn: Symphony No. 88
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 “Pastoral”
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 “Scottish”
Dvořák: Symphony No. 8
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 “Resurrection”
Sibelius: Symphony No. 1
Roussel: Symphony No. 2
Nielsen: Symphony No. 5
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13 “Babi Yar”
Vaughan Williams: A London Symphony (Symphony No. 2)
Magnard: Symphony No. 4
Martinu: Symphony No. 6 “Fantaisies symphoniques”
Ives: Symphony No. 2
Hindemith: Symphony in E-flat
Lloyd: Symphony No. 5
Mendelssohn! (Random Reviews from the Overflow Room 13)
This really is the last of the Mendelssohn videos, and it includes some lovely performances of iconic works--a fitting farewell to a popular but still widely misunderstood composer.
This year’s Tanglewood on Parade, a much-anticipated tradition that dates to 1940, will celebrate the life and legacy
April 24, 2024—GRAMMY®-winning production house PARMA Recordings announced today its acquisition of Albany Records. The classical label is
Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada—The Festival of the Sound is celebrating big this summer with an incredible line-up of
