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Grieg’s Gorgeous Music for Strings on SACD

David Hurwitz

Here’s an easy call: these are gorgeous performances of music […]

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Haochen Zhang’s Affetuoso Beethoven and Liszt Sonatas

Jed Distler

Haochen Zhang dives into the first movement of Beethoven’s Hammerklavier Sonata at something close to the composer’s optimistically brisk metronome marking. He brings a pliable

Guarnieri’s Marvelous Symphonies

David Hurwitz

This disc must be counted among the most interesting and important releases of the year. Brazilian composer Camargo Guarnieri (his real first name was Mozart,

Tcherepnin: Piano ctos 2 & 4, etc./Ogawa

David Hurwitz

This is really delightful stuff. The Symphonic Prayer and Magna mater both contrast gentle chorale textures with inventive writing for brass and percussion, and come

Reference Recording: Hindemith and Walton Cello Concertos

David Hurwitz

This recording constitutes nothing less than a landmark in both

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Sterling Hindemith from Frank Peter Zimmermann

David Hurwitz

Hindemith’s music seems to be out of fashion these days.

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Ronald Brautigam’s Superb Late Schubert

Jed Distler

Paul McNulty ‘s 2007 fortepiano based on a Conrad Graf model circa 1819 served Ronald Brautigam’s Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven solo recordings wonderfully well, and