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If the Haydn were not a Furtwängler performance, no one would care about it today. Tempos are reasonably swift and flowing, and the phrasing is
In Beethoven’s C minor and F major Op. 10 sonatas, Maurizio Pollini’s superbly drilled fingers play up the energetic brio implied by the composer’s fast
In 1824 Rossini arrived in Paris in triumph; he was the leading opera composer of his day in all of the other major opera houses
Composed in 2000 and premiered that same year in Italy, Il Sogno is a ballet version of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Elvis Costello wrote
Here’s a fine example of truth in advertising: this disc’s title accurately describes the music and performances you hear on these two well-programmed CDs. The
A world-class musician, classic repertoire, and a recording team that knows how to maximize studio conditions to produce a CD that’s faithful to all concerned–that’s
Magdalena Kožená’s multi-lingual recital shows this singer’s formidable talent for performing widely varying musical styles. Beginning with her idiomatic French (of which we had a
Marketed as the “original motion picture soundtrack” to the 2000 French film Le Roi danse, this two-disc set is mostly a collection of orchestral excerpts
Anna Netrebko’s second CD is even more impressive than her first. She still may not be an absolutely polished, finished artist, but she’s working at
There’s some weird stuff going on here. Symphony No. 1, though dryly recorded (the horns buzz like they are using stopped tones almost throughout), is
