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Mania And Depression From Simone Kermes’ Love Letter To Handel

Robert Levine

German soprano Simone Kermes, she of the flaming red hair, flashy gowns, and jittery dance movements on stage, has become, unavoidably, a cult figure. Specializing

CD From Hell: Thielemann’s Schumann Gets Worse (Believe It Or Not)

David Hurwitz

Christian Thielemann hates rhythm. Schumann demands it. Thielemann despises sudden

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Big Boxes: Columbia’s Black Composers Series Is Back

Jed Distler

In 1974 Columbia Masterworks, in association with the Afro-American Music

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The Juilliard Quartet’s Epic Epic Recordings

David Hurwitz

The Juilliard Quartet’s recordings for Columbia (now Sony/BMG) deserve a

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Khatia Buniatishvili’s Schubert: Artistic or Airheaded?

Jed Distler

Khatia Buniatishvili continues to toe a line between airheaded and artistic music making in this Schubert release. She plays the great B-flat sonata’s long first

No Question: The Finest in Schumann Lieder

Jens F. Laurson

If you think that language, text, and story matter above

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Love, Puccini Style, From Alagna and Kurzak

Robert Levine

While I cannot imagine anyone actually needing this CD, it has some pleasures to offer. Roberto Alagna, once the Wunderkind, so-called Fourth Tenor, never quite