
For her solo-CD debut, South African pianist Petronel Malan offers an auspicious program encompassing Ignaz Friedman’s Bach transcriptions, along with world-premiere recordings of the F
There are very few instances on recordings of “bad” Messiaen. His musical style is too particular and his principal interpreters were too close to him
This, Messiaen’s most overtly doctrinaire large work, probably will never be popular for just that reason. The loopy text, awkward vocal writing, and sheer length
Michael Gielen’s Mahler on the Hänssler label is shaping up to be one of the more trenchant cycles available in today’s overcrowded market. As with
Roger Norrington’s rapidly evolving second Beethoven cycle continues to reveal that in most respects the conductor has finally learned how to perform this music, at
Bruckner’s Sixth Symphony has been quite fortunate on disc in recent years with excellent recordings by Dohnányi, Wand, Eschenbach, and Chailly, as well as classic
This Bruckner Eighth first appeared on Intercord about a decade ago, and it’s a very good performance, one that no one who knows and loves
Morton Feldman’s hauntingly beautiful Rothko Chapel receives an excellent performance by the SWR Stuttgart Vocal Ensemble. Scored for solo viola, percussion, two solo female voices,
Ivan Moravec’s Prague Spring 2000 recital features works by Haydn and Janácek that are new to this pianist’s discography on CD, together with fresh looks
Nearly two years after launching a projected Beethoven cycle with the First and Second Symphonies, Thomas Fey follows with numbers Four and Six. Superlatives are