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This constricted sounding, uninspired disc need not detain us long. From the pinched tone of the brass at the symphony’s opening to the thin violin
Finally! Naxos blesses us with the first decent-sounding CD transfers of the legendary Josef Lhevinne’s complete studio recordings, a slender yet priceless legacy that belongs
Tatiana Vassilieva plays Stravinsky’s Suite Italienne with heavyweight bowing and a ruthless attack that’s unsuitable for the commedia dell’arte idiom of this work. Textually, several
The history of Yehudi Menuhin’s recording of the Schumann Violin Concerto is probably as captivating as the actual performance he committed to disc in February
Sonia Rubinsky’s highly anticipated follow-up to her acclaimed first volume in Naxos’ projected Villa-Lobos piano music cycle was worth the wait. The pianist’s lyrical temperament
If you’d like to access the full scope of Alkan’s quirky style in bite-sized proportions rather than piling into the Concerto for Solo Piano, Les
Naxos’ introductory collection of Japanese orchestral works assures the Western listener on its back cover that this music is indeed approachable and was admired or
Volume 2 in Jeno Jandó’s survey of Bartók’s solo piano music offers an attractive cross-section of the Hungarian composer’s most accessible, folk-influenced shorter works. Bartók’s
Helmut Müller-Brühl and the Cologne Chamber Orchestra have won kudos in the recent past for their wonderful disc of Telemann’s Darmstadt Overtures (a Cannes Classical
After 63 years this performance remains a unique pleasure. Scotto and Callas might have emphasized the little-girlishness in Butterfly in their recordings, but as the
