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Paul Badura-Skoda Revisits Mozart

Jed Distler

Paul Badura-Skoda has been recording Mozart sonatas since the 1950s, including two complete cycles: one from 1978-81 for Eurodisc on a modern-day concert grand, the

CD From Hell: A Bruckner Third To Die–Period

David Hurwitz

This is the most spiritual recording of Bruckner’s Third you

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Unnecessary Beethoven Concertos From Vienna

Jed Distler

The great cellist Heinrich Schiff may be an inspiring and thoughtful conductor at times (his Schubert symphonies, his Chopin concertos with soloist Nikolai Demidenko), but

CD From Hell: Mozart’s (Drag) Queen of the Night

David Hurwitz

The fact that something is old does not make it

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Orff: Carmina Burana

David Hurwitz

This disc is a freak show. When I was in high school, our all-state chorus (Connecticut) did Carmina Burana in its reduced version for two

Beethoven: Piano Sonatas/Badura-Skoda

Jed Distler

Paul Badura-Skoda and the Beethoven sonatas have had a long discographical relationship since the 1950s. The pianist first recorded five “name” sonatas for Westminster (the