

This is quite possibly the worst recording of La Mer […]

Colin Davis was a marvelous Haydn conductor, at least most

The classic Toscanini recording and Karajan’s 1954 studio recording have

John Eliot Gardiner can be expected to conduct good Stravinsky. After all, the music is severe, controlled, and stylized which, combined with Gardiner’s typical rhythmic

What is there to say to an artist who famously

There have been some bad Bruckner Ninths popping up recently,

Colin Davis’ blundering through Bruckner continues with this comatose reading

The dry acoustic of the Barbican Center suits this work,

What unnecessary performances these are. They aren’t bad, exactly, and I’m sure that if you had attended the concert you would have found them enjoyable.

After two times through Nos. 4-6 Valery Gergiev has gotten around to recording Tchaikovsky’s early symphonies. Gergiev’s mastery of the composer’s ballet style (he made
![]()
