
Arturo Toscanini was the most important, highly acclaimed conductor of […]
Shostakovich allegedly hated Toscanini’s performance of the “Leningrad” Symphony. Toscanini
Willem Mengelberg’s freakish and often marginally musical distortions of tempo
You would think that the reason to get this disc
Jacques Thibaud, Alfred Cortot, and Pablo Casals were great musicians
Historic-minded collectors may have encountered these 1928 performances on Biddulph, or in a Japanese six-disc limited edition encompassing the Capet Quartet’s complete electrical recordings. Despite
What more can anyone say at this point about the 12 Chopin Mazurkas Ignaz Friedman set down in 1930–incredible recordings all! Few pianists have imbued