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With this release the Artemis Quartet launches a Beethoven Quartet cycle for Virgin Classics, entering a crowded field of world-class contenders that includes the ensemble’s
Tonal beauty, sensitive musicianship, and refined ensemble synchronicity define these world-class Brahms violin sonata performances. There are so many wonderful details to savor, from the
If you enjoyed Volume 1 of this very entertaining series of Vivaldi’s Concerti con molti strumenti (“with lots of instruments”) then you will find this
This disc contains much delightful chamber music playing. Carnival of the Animals receives a bold, exciting reading in which the players really romp through this
If you love Arvo Pärt’s generally serene and string-laden orchestral music, then you’ll love this disc. Yes, there’s a certain sameness to all 73 minutes
Like Michelangeli, Zimerman, Tureck, and Pogorelich, Piotr Anderszewski is an artist who lavishes great care and specificity over tone production and nuance. Sometimes the results
This very well played and sung selection of music from Peer Gynt contains all of the major numbers save the lengthy melodramas with dialogue and
This recording would have been a shoo-in as a “disc of the year” candidate were it not for one thing: the extremely aggressive, often dominant
I fell asleep twice trying to get through this sterile, benumbed performance of Mahler’s Fourth Symphony, and the bottom line is that the Mahler Chamber
The Trout Quintet has not lacked for fine recordings, and here is another, effortlessly gracious and musical. The ensemble builds through the introduction to the
