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This performance needs little introduction. Widely regarded as the finest
Herbert Blomstedt’s Ein Heldenleben is one of the most beautifully rendered performances on disc. There’s buoyant energy that enlivens the music from the first note
There are many reasons to listen to a recording of choral music: pleasure ranks high on my list. But in recent years, so often on
At last, the long-anticipated edition of Ernest Ansermet’s complete Decca
Martinon was one of those conductors who seldom made a
The stunning variety of nuance, voicing, and emphasis that Benjamin Grosvenor brings to each of Kreisleriana’s eight movements keeps this familiar music sounding continuously fresh,
Vladimir Ashkenazy is unquestionably one of our most gifted artists–a
Riccardo Chailly’s career hopefully still has a ways to go,
One of the last German conductors of the old school,