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First the bad news: Serebrier’s Romeo and Juliet suffers from a plodding tempo in its allegro “fight” sections, and from a consequent lack of tension,
Piano transcription buffs will have a field day with no less than 11 Minute Waltz arrangements from the heyday of romantic pianist/composers, plus 10 more
Before making a new recording of a warhorse symphony such as this one, the conductor should be chained to a chair and forced to listen
Vladimir Horowitz concocted some of piano music’s most dazzling and effective virtuoso transcriptions, yet avoided notating them for the same reason a great master chef
A slightly mixed bag here. Osmo Vänskä and his players excel at presenting Sibelius’ gentler (and sometimes darker) side. This allows them to turn in
Peter Oundjian’s finely crafted orchestral rendition of Beethoven’s Op. 131 Quartet is quite the opposite of Leonard Bernstein’s grippingly intense one. Whereas Bernstein strove to
Essentially, we have daring, dark, sometimes racy songs served up in safe, non-threatening performances. However, let’s give credit where credit’s due. The command and clarity
The principal work on this new BIS release is Chopin’s G minor cello sonata Op. 65. Torleif Thedéen and Roland Pöntinen give a competent and
This BIS album of music by American composer Amy (“Mrs. H.H.A.”) Beach is a classic example of mismatched performer and repertoire. The acclaimed soprano Emma
The Hardanger fiddle resembles its ancestor the viola d’amore in that it has a course of resonating strings under the fingerboard, and this gives the
