
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
This three-disc set, very carefully remastered by Mark Obert-Thorn, contains
Daniele Pollini’s second solo CD for Deutsche Grammophon opens with a straightforward and pianistically shipshape Schumann Carnaval. The pianist’s fastidious technique impresses in Reconnaissance’s impeccably
The Bottom Line: As Gardiner remakes a lot of his
The Bottom Line: Finally, DG has boxed up Claudio Abbado’s
Triad, the latest release by Icelandic pianist Vikingur (Heiðar) Ólafsson, isn’t a new album. It’s simply a fancy repackaging of his last three main releases
There’s something lazy about these performances, as if conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin assumes that the gorgeous playing of the Philadelphia Orchestra, with its fabled Rachmaninov tradition,
The Bottom Line: The Bach performances are legendary, and many