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This fine disc turns out to be more than the sum of its parts. The concept may stretch the boundaries of opera a bit by
Aside from the fact that all of the works on this CD are transcriptions, they add up to an oddly balanced program, and are best
Boston’s Handel & Haydn Society, founded nearly 200 years ago and responsible for the American premieres of such works as Handel’s Messiah, makes some lovely
Debussy fans have cause to celebrate here: This CD presents rare recordings of four fascinating works, and the first digital recording of his steamy, exotic
Mozart’s horn concertos pose no special interpretive problems, requiring a soloist with a rich tone, smooth legato, and a touch of bravura. David Jolley, well
Why these 1999 recordings first appeared in 2003 is anyone’s guess. Without question, they were worth the wait. The first thing you notice is the
The title and repertoire suggest a kind of modified Piano’s Greatest Hits with Garrick Ohlsson at the keyboard. It’s only when you break the shrink-wrap
Like Ernst Levy, Wilhelm Backhaus, Christoph Eschenbach, and Daniel Barenboim, Garrick Ohlsson approaches Beethoven’s Hammerklavier Sonata as a harbinger of Romanticism, notably in his conservatively
The Kalichstein/Laredo/Robinson trio kick-starts its Beethoven cycle by grabbing the so-called “Ghost” by the scruff and not letting go for a split second. The players
The present installment in Garrick Ohlsson’s Beethoven Sonata series for Arabesque benefits from warmer, more focused sonics than the relatively harsh and murky ambience of
