
Carlo Maria Giulini had a remarkable career. Not known for […]
It’s so simple, really. Just take everything the artist did
Pierre Boulez was a new music conductor of the old
This is an easy call. Thielemann’s conducting is mannered, boring, and utterly predictable, with annoying “expressive” pauses at the ends of lyrical phrases, yielding a
The Bottom Line: This beautifully packaged 120-CD set, containing all
After Teodor Currentzis’ atrocious, inhibited Beethoven Fifth, this Seventh sounds
Despite his high standing among conductors who dominated the American
It takes both uncommon virtuosity and sheer chutzpah to tackle Franz Liszt’s solo-piano transcriptions of the Beethoven symphonies. Only a handful of pianists have recorded
Admittedly, the complete version of Tchaikovsky’s Sleeping Beauty ballet, despite its glorious beauty, is a tough sell beyond aficionados. Tchaikovsky himself never imagined anyone would
This Sony Masters 5-CD budget box brings together all of