Decca

Hieyon Choi’s Beethoven Sonata Cycle

Jed Distler

Hieyon Choi has been performing Beethoven’s piano sonatas for decades, with several complete cycles to her credit in various concert venues. Between 2015 and 2023

Reference Recording: Thibaudet Plays Satie, Complete

David Hurwitz

It had been a long time since anyone recorded the

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A Big Bad Box of Gergiev

David Hurwitz

This twelve-disc set contains an unfortunate number of performances of

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Big Boxes: Jorge Bolet’s Complete Decca Recordings

Jed Distler

In many respects Jorge Bolet (1914-1990) was an outlier, a

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Shostakovich: Complete Symphonies; From Jewish Folk Poetry; etc

David Hurwitz

With a little thought and planning, Universal could have put together a Shostakovich cycle for the ages. You wouldn’t think that this is a composer

Big Boxes: Killer Bernard Herrmann On Phase 4

David Hurwitz

These iconic recordings, featuring seven CDs of Herrmann conducting his

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Major Discoveries: Rutter’s Orchestral Works, Including the Beatles Concerto

David Hurwitz

John Rutter a composer of orchestral music? Who knew? Actually,

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Reference Recording: Dohnányi’s Superlative Ives and Ruggles

David Hurwitz

It’s hard to believe that this recording is nearly 20

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Revisiting: Julia Fischer’s Bach Violin Concertos

David Vernier

Around five years ago (2003) a young Hilary Hahn made her debut with her new label, Deutsche Grammophon, with exactly these same concertos, and it

When The Moon

David Vernier

As if we need any more evidence of Charles Ives’ unconventional ideas and composing techniques, this excellent recording reminds us that for him, a song