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Here’s proof that one can cobble together a varied and representative Balakirev recital without including his masterpiece Islamey. Danny Driver’s performance of the four-movement B-flat
In some respects Muzio Clementi’s piano sonatas provide the missing link between Mozart’s and Beethoven’s, and are far less appreciated than they ought to be.
By some very strange coincidence (or was it?) last November (2010) two recordings were released on the same day whose entire programs were devoted to
Much as Angela Hewitt’s fast and fluid tempos befit Schumann’s Kinderszenen (except for a slightly rushed Hasche-Mann, where some of the runs blur), her interpretations
Hindemith’s music has held up remarkably well. Elements of his melodic and harmonic style that once seemed pedantic now come across merely as personal, even
Although not directly mentioned in the notes to this excellent recording–nor is it clear from the disc cover, the program consists of a trove of
Welsh composer William Mathias (1934-1992) could write choral works as irresistibly attractive and catchy as the anthem Let the people praise thee, O God (written
Had Rachmaninov not come along and written his Second and Third Concertos, there’s a good chance that the Scharwenka First and Rubinstein Fourth would have
These strong, stylish, intelligently mapped-out, and excellently engineered interpretations of Brahms’ complete solo-piano variation sets find pianist Garrick Ohlsson on peak technical and musical form.
Judging from this Schubert duet program, Steven Osborne and Paul Lewis are a dream team. Listen to the A minor Allegro’s perfectly poised and dynamically
