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Of the 18 works selected for EMI’s retrospective to mark what would have been the late pianist’s 70th birthday (he died in 1989 at 52),
Dressed in a chic tan turtleneck, untucked, but with a belt clasped around it, Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli sits at the piano in an intimate studio
This David Pountney production of Britten’s Peter Grimes from the Zurich Opera opens on a puzzling scene. The set design by Robert Israel clearly depicts
I previously reviewed this recording when it was issued a few years ago on Musical Heritage Society (type Q2920 in Search Reviews). The current release
If multiple sclerosis had not tragically curtailed Jacqueline du Pré’s career and shortened her life, would the music industry at large still treat her as
To mark the centennial of Grieg’s death in 1907, EMI has reissued Leif Ove Andsnes’ 2002 A minor concerto with Mariss Jansons and the Berlin
In 1933 Wanda Landowska made the first recording of Bach’s Goldberg Variations, a work that must have been as new to listeners then as it
Although billed as “The Nutcracker Suite”, Yuri Temirkanov’s version of the popular ballet score actually presents an extended selection of excerpts, including most of the
This “on-demand” reissue from Arkivmusic.com returns two outstanding performances to the active catalog. Otto Klemperer’s “New World” always has been one of the best, a
There are finer recordings around than this slightly droopy performance of d’Indy’s Symphony on a French Mountain Air, particularly Dutoit/Thibaudet on Decca, featuring much better
