

Maurizio Pollini’s recent Chopin Second sonata and Op. 28 Preludes remakes were generally inferior to his first recordings of these works. The same holds true

Among prominent pianists of our time, Maurizio Pollini represented the

OK, they were never really lost. In fact, they were announced, but apparently Serkin died before giving final approval to these late recordings of the

The combination of Yuja Wang, Gustavo Dudamel, and Rachmaninov’s complete works for piano and orchestra amounted to a box office sure thing this past February

It’s a cliché to liken a performer traversing a large cycle of works to a “journey”, yet Hilary Hahn’s set of Eugène Ysaÿe’s six unaccompanied

If I encounter another CD with the word “project” in its title, I’m going to scream. Besides, pairing Handel suites with Brahms’ Handel Variations is

Having lived with this recording for some time now, I

The trouble with a recording like this is all the distractions: the dazzling packaging, the video, the multitudinous images of the alternately sultry, serious, playful,

[In memorial tribute to composer Kaija Saariaho (October 14, 1952-June 2, 2023) we offer this re-post from our archives.] L’Amour de Loin is one of

As with just about all the Mahler symphonies, Abbado has
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