
Each generation of pianists contains at least a handful of artists who take the time to delve into Grieg’s Lyric Pieces, such as Walter Gieseking,
Choices, choices! Ole Kristian Ruud’s superb Grieg box on BIS
Here’s an easy call: these are gorgeous performances of music
The neglect of these pieces is simply unaccountable. Along with
Everyone loves Grieg. Everyone wishes he had written more orchestral
There were some interesting moments in these performances that originally
Nielsen was a high energy composer, perfectly suited to a “muscle” orchestra like the New York Philharmonic. Listening to these two performance we are reminded
This is Volume 62 in Hyperion’s epic and seemingly endless
This first volume in what promises to be a complete traversal of Danish composer Carl Nielsen’s four string quartets ought to make many new friends
This 1953 recording, in good, re-worked mono sound, still has much to recommend, but it remains somewhat problematic as well. The Marguerite of Victoria de