
Between the early 1970s and early 1980s Rudolf Buchbinder recorded […]
Glazunov’s symphonies hover on the edge of the repertoire. You
José Serebrier is such a good conductor that anything that’s less than very good comes as something of a shock—but his ongoing Dvorák cycle has
Early on in his recording career José Serebrier recorded a very good Dvorák Eighth in Australia (issued on RCA), so his affinity for this music
Among the recent raft of reissues by Warner Classics is this fine Christmas recording from 1990–a trove of favorite traditional tunes in solid, expertly written
It’s at least moderately interesting that although the birth of Christ was a Middle Eastern event, almost none of the music that Westerners associate with
Carefully worked out voicings, rubatos, and dynamic scaling characterize Nikolai Lugansky’s approach to the Appassionata sonata’s tumultuous first movement. The overall effect, however, is sectional
No sooner had Tadaaki Otaka’s BIS recording of Glazunov’s Fifth Symphony hit the market than this superior version by José Serebrier appeared. Serebrier’s vibrant and
It’s a pity that these symphonies–so beautifully made and full of good tunes–don’t get more respect. Perhaps they are a bit too good, in the
Overly close, monochrome engineering does not serve Daniel Barenboim’s May 28, 2007 La Scala Liszt recital well. Which is a shame, because you can sense