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There seems to be a glut of new Walton recordings in the offing. And as you may predict, the performance of Symphony No. 2 is
The Dante Quartet’s clarity of texture and rhythmic acuity serves to illuminate Sibelius’ often shadowy string quartet, which in some performances sounds as if occurring
Pianist Marc-André Hamelin’s unprecedented technical acumen, huge sonority, and unflappable control of the piano is everywhere evident in this Liszt recital, along with new-found reserves
Written in 1920 and 1922, Bloch’s violin sonatas are among the finest of the past century. The First is a Bartókian virtuoso piece whose slashing
Any new recording of the Fourth and Fifth concertos risks comparison with the benchmark Grumiaux/Rosenthal versions on Philips. Viviane Hagner hasn’t quite Grumiaux’s silkiness of
This set offers a wonderfully apt summation of the art of one of the most inquisitive, intelligent, talented, and unflaggingly musical conductors of the 20th
This is very good second-rate music. Frédéric d’Erlanger was a count, or baron, or something like that, and he wrote fastidiously aristocratic, sentimental, lovely music
Steven Osborne’s dazzling technique, musical intelligence, and attention to detail merit serious attention throughout his complete Ravel solo piano music cycle. In Gaspard de la
There’s only one small negative issue with this otherwise excellent release: in the somewhat angular first movement of the first sonata, Tanja Becker-Bender sounds somewhat
You can’t fault Howard Shelley and his orchestra or suggest that they are not trying. In fact, they play well. The problem lies with the
