Menu
Your guide to classical music online
Menu
Menu
Your guide to classical music online
If I can’t complete the Third Symphony, somebody will complete it–or write a better one–in 50 or 500 years, Elgar told his doctor upon discovering
Richard Strauss once famously remarked: “I may not be a first rate composer, but I am a very good second rate composer.” The same might
This is the second Nellie Melba release in Naxos’ historical Great Singers series, comprising the 1904 sessions not included in Naxos 8110737 and adding those
Artur Schnabel’s Beethoven sounds as bold, intelligent, and expressive today as it undoubtedly did when these timeless performances first appeared on 78s. Listen to the
Anton Rubinstein’s massive Fourth Symphony, although on the surface similar in size and scope to the symphonies of his contemporary Bruckner, lacks the latter composer’s
While César Cui was not a strikingly original composer, his 24 Preludes Op. 64, influenced of course by Chopin’s better-known cycle, have lots of melodic
Naxos has earned a well-deserved reputation for championing rarely recorded repertoire, but one of the colder facts in today’s marketplace is that even unusual works
Is it possible that we are finally running out of good music by unknown composers to record? This disc might lead you to believe so.
Paganini’s First and Second violin concertos were taped for Naxos several years ago by the Russian violin virtuoso Ilya Kaler. At the time these seemed
This 1933 Rosenkavalier is a classic recording, one that should be in every opera collection. Returning to it after a long hiatus confirms its status.
