
Robert Shaw’s amazing choral prowess shows in the sumptuous sound of this Glagolitic Mass. As in many of his Atlanta performances, Shaw is more attuned
Ernest Chausson’s Symphony has not exactly enjoyed a deluge of recordings, but this one makes perhaps the strongest case for the work. Michel Plasson’s free-flowing,
Vissarion Shebalin (1902 – 1963) was an esteemed professor at the Moscow Conservatory, where he taught composition to Edison Denisov and Sofia Gubaidulina among others
Volume 1 of Musical Heritage Society’s reissue of EMI’s complete cycle of Schubert’s sacred works comprises 4 CDs, and includes the six Masses, two Kyrie’s,
Paul Dukas’ Symphony in C has had relatively few champions, but none so great as Jean Martinon. This is arguably the finest performance of the
Vladimir Fedoseyev’s Tchaikovsky Third is a great improvement over his torpid reading of Symphony No. 1, reviewed earlier. He appears to have dumped the conductorial
This disc reissues three works centering on two of Edgar Allen Poe’s short stories and one poem. The French have always had a love affair
Gary Bertini’s Mahler is one of amazing transparency: so many details register for the first time that it makes you reconsider music you may have
There may have been better played performances of Pacific 231 (Zinman’s recent Decca recording, for example), but Jean Martinon’s typically clear, expertly balanced effort reveals
Typically fine solo and choral singing in admirably clear Robert Shaw fashion provide the only attraction to what is otherwise a dull proposition. I’ve had