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It’s amazing how late Sibelius, often regarded as enigmatic or for specialists only, has come into fashion in recent years. Complete symphony cycles have proliferated,
Sonically speaking, in Naxos’ remastering Edwin Fischer’s landmark recording of Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier is markedly inferior to the pricier EMI and Pearl reissues. As with
With this release, you can purchase Edwin Fischer’s pioneering set of Bach’s 48 Preludes and Fugues at full price (Pearl), mid-price (EMI), and now budget
Anton Reicha, originally born Antonín Rejcha in Prague, was a friend to both Haydn and Beethoven. While translating French for them, he became preoccupied with
This is a wild card, a work by a contemporary French composer (born 1952) whose music has been performed under Pierre Boulez with the Chicago
Perhaps the most significant of the large-scale works not commercially recorded by Arturo Toscanini is his January 24, 1943, broadcast of Brahms’ A German Requiem.
Idil Biret and Antoni Wit play Rachmaninov’s First Concerto to the proverbial hilt, basking in its wide-eyed virtuosity, gushing ideas, and emotional generosity. The pianist’s
No matter how well-intentioned–and I’m sure that the five members of Ars Antiqua de Paris (countertenor, tenor, two baritones, and bass) offer these performances with
In the main, this excellently recorded but dully conducted Don Quixote adds up to an attractive calling card for cello soloist Alexander Rudin. His portrayal
The New Haydn Quartet departs from the usual in its second well-recorded disc of Tchaikovsky string quartets. Whereas many cycles customarily include the Souvenir de
