
Pablo Casals reportedly claimed that one should play Bach like Brahms, and Daniel Barenboim certainly takes that advice to heart. As on his 1989 Goldberg
The 16 selections here cover the years 1968 through 1995, with stops in ’82, ’92, and ’93. One of the remarkable things about listening to
With the exception of “Come scoglio” from Cosi, which comes from 1977, all of the selections here were recorded after 1990, arguably after the fullness,
Prokofiev’s Sixth Sonata may not match the Seventh’s war-horse status, yet it too has been served by many first-rate recordings, from umpteen Sviatoslav Richter versions
Karita Mattila is such an intelligent singer that it’s a pity not to be able to recommend this disc more enthusiastically. She’s at her very
In a catalog crowded with superb performances of Rachmaninov’s First and Third concertos, Nikolai Lugansky’s world-class pianism and Sakari Oramo’s solid, sparkling support (thanks of