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Although Yolanda Kondonassis’ name sits prominently on the booklet cover, and her picture adorns the back case in this new album of music by Bright
The Merry Mount Suite has enjoyed a fair number of recordings, and it’s a lovely piece, with an attractive love duet and a plenty of
This appealing new recording of The Four Seasons recalls (in period-instrument terms) the elegant, stylish recordings of I Musici and other top-notch Italian chamber orchestras.
This new recording of the Shostakovich Tenth Symphony has a lot going for it. The first movement is about as well shaped and conducted as
A gorgeous recording, this. Gerard Schwarz recorded the luminously hymn-like Mysterious Mountain and the majestic Mount St. Helens symphonies for Delos, and those performances no
Another very successful SACD: Telarc has managed sound that envelops the listener without excessive rear-channel activity or that dulling of impact that seems endemic to
The chief distinguishing feature of this release is the recorded sound. Telarc has ideally captured a really natural balance between piano and orchestra. You really
Zuill Bailey’s bold and impassioned take on Tchaikovsky’s Rococo Variations is quite unusual for this piece, which is usually presented in a more sedate manner.
Yolanda Kondonassis’ latest Telarc album is a bit of a departure from her usual fare, as it offers a more “serious” music program. The title
Robert Spano’s recording of Brahms’ A German Requiem perhaps unavoidably invites comparison with Robert Shaw’s version, also for Telarc. Both feature rich, wide-ranging sound (exceptionally
