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It’s always satisfying to be able to welcome a new recording of music by this neglected master, and this one has a lot going for
This exciting and accomplished performance of Beethoven’s Ninth conclusively proves that neither Roger Norrington nor that pathetically scrappy pick-up orchestra gathered together under the deceptively
The high technical and artistic standards cellist Peter Bruns has set in other recordings are evident throughout this release. For example, in the “Arpeggione” sonata’s
Like the Seventh, Eighth, and Ninth Symphonies in Roger Norrington’s recent live Beethoven cycle with the Stuttgart Radio Orchestra, Nos. 5 and 6 immeasurably surpass
Inspired by Antonin Artaud’s poem Tutuguri–Le Rite du soleil noir (The Black Sun Rite), Wolfgang Rihm’s colossal “poème dansé” receives its world premiere in this
Roger Norrington’s new Eroica blows away his previous recording on EMI. Part of the reason stems from the fact that where previously he had to
Uta Weyand proves totally at home with Granados’ pianistic and musical idiom. If Alicia de Larrocha paints the six Escenas Románticas in burning oils, Weyand’s
Wilhelm Backhaus’ 1939 Brahms Second Concerto remains one of this oft-recorded work’s discographic high-points. The pianist negotiates each and every one of the composer’s cruel
Many collectors know Wilhelm Kempff’s Beethoven sonatas through his respective mono and stereo LP-era cycles. Kempff also recorded nearly all of the 32 for German
Beethoven’s “Emperor” concerto fared well in the 78-rpm era, with distinguished editions from Backhaus, Gieseking, Fischer, Long, and two from Schnabel. Wilhelm Kempff’s shellac version
