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This Ring was taped live in Karlsruhe in 1993 and 1995, and while this isn’t news that will make true Wagnerians’ hearts beat faster, there
This so-called “Best of Brahms” collection begins with Jaap van Zweden’s rather faceless and lackluster rendition of the Fourth Symphony, wherein the Netherlands Philharmonic offers
These recordings originally were released by Denon as part of Eliahu Inbal’s complete cycle, recorded during the mid-1980s and early 1990s. At the time the
This somewhat comic opera was composed for Munich in 1775, when Mozart was 18. Before the opera opens, Count Belfiore and his fiancée, Marchese Violante,
Astute pianophiles may recognize some of the live performances gathered here from earlier CD incarnations on (among others) the Russian Revelation and Yedang labels. On
Pianist Klára Würtz has attracted positive attention through her superb Mozart and Schumann cycles for Brilliant Classics. Her performance of the Schumann Op. 54 concerto
This whopping 40-disc set, which sells for very little, contains familiar performances of the major works, and most of them are quite good. Symphonies Nos.
With all due respect to Alica De Larrocha’s long-presumed ownership of Spanish Impressionist keyboard repertoire, when it comes to Albéniz, the late Esteban Sánchez easily
The main competition for this material comes from Riccardo Chailly’s excellent selection of film and dance music for Decca. While the repertoire is not identical,
Composed for the wedding of the Archduke Ferdinand when Mozart was 14 years old and in Milan, Ascanio in Alba, dubbed a “festa teatrale”, is
