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These sterling performances have been high among the prime available […]
It’s a thousand pities that the Quatuor Mosaïques never completed
A recent Paris Conservatory graduate, Guillaume Vincent has chosen all 24 Rachmaninov Preludes for his Naïve solo debut. Trouble sets in right away, when the
You can’t say that Philippe Jordan lacks for ideas. His Afternoon of a Faun is luscious, languorous, and really very beautiful, with a lovely flute
Here’s the simple truth: most typical “period” performances today feature
I never thought I’d say such a thing, but the world did not need another recording of Giulio Cesare. Including DVDs, there are more than
The violin concertos of György Ligeti and Bela Bartók are two of the greatest works of the 20th century. They are conducted here by the
At a time when fine mezzos are growing on trees, French-Canadian Marie-Nicole Lemieux stands alone as a real contralto. The vocal range remains just about
Now in her late 50s, mezzo Anne Sofie von Otter has, perhaps, given up stressful roles (Octavian, Carmen) and is concentrating on more chamber-like material.
In November 2011 I heard Bertrand Chamayou for the first time during the Lucerne Piano Festival, where his recital in the Lukaskirche featured an ample
