
Herbert von Karajan wanted us to believe that he excelled […]
Pierre Boulez was a new music conductor of the old
The Art of Life comprises a kind of double bill. It begins with a family portrait, first through the voices of J.S. Bach’s sons Johann
Karl Böhm’s symphonic and concerto recordings for Deutsche Grammophon have
Jan Lisiecki unquestionably knows how he wants to approach each of Chopin’s Nocturnes, and has the wherewithal to realize his conceptions. Some interpretations succeed more
This 55-CD box containing the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra’s complete recordings
A good number of pianists have been taking up works of Tudor virginal composers like William Byrd and John Bull on the modern concert grand.
Deutsche Grammophon touts this new Mahler Symphony No. 8 recording as a “revolutionary form of audio experience” in Spatial Audio via Dolby Atmos, a surround-sound
Up to this point, Nelsons’ Boston Shostakovich cycle has been very good to excellent, but these performances of Symphonies Nos. 1, 14 and 15 are,
The Bottom Line: Mischa Maisky is a cellist of tremendous