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This performance of the Brahms Violin Concerto is one of unalloyed greatness. Vadim Repin feels no need to make ostentatious points in, say, the first
Thomas Quasthoff’s fine account of Schubert’s Schwanengesang D. 957 joins a distinguished group of existing baritonal renderings of some of the composer’s darker, emotionally intense,
Abbado conducts Haydn like an extremely insecure yet precocious child looking for attention. Never at his best in music of the Classical period, he fusses
I recall my anticipation when this 1973 recording was first announced, and I equally recall my disappointment upon hearing it. I found James Levine’s conducting
Evidently Maria João Pires’ Chopin has grown freer and more cultivated over time. For example, the Op. 62 Nocturnes acquire greater breadth and softer contours
The Emerson Quartet always can be counted on to give performances of superb technical polish, and I don’t say that to damn these performances with
Although numerous CD incarnations of Sviatoslav Richter’s Deustche Grammophon recordings have graced the catalog, collectors surely will welcome this complete “original jacket” edition, programmed in
Harpist Catrin Finch plays her own Goldberg Variations transcription with a consistently suave yet variegated tone, nimble fingers, and ear-tickling nuance. Her tempos for the
This set, alongside the Tokyo String Quartet’s Haydn Op. 20 and Op. 76 (both long unavailable), comprises some of the finest Haydn quartet playing in
This attractively priced reissue in Universal Classics’ Trio series complements an earlier release featuring Tamás Vásáry’s 1960s Deutsche Grammophon Chopin Ballades, Scherzos, Nocturnes, and Waltzes.
