Although Masaaki Suzuki’s solo harpsichord Bach recordings span several decades, his technical and musical consistency seems to defy time, as borne out in The Art
Back in the 1990s it was fashionable for classical musicians to call their concerts or CD releases “The X Project” or “The Y Project”. I
Following his magnificent 2001 recording of J.S. Bach’s Inventions and Sinfonias for BIS, the Japanese harpsichordist/organist/conductor Masaaki Suzuki here offers more revelatory performances of some
This Fauré disc is among the highlights of Testament’s fascinating
I wager that few Western collectors in the 1970s knew
Why do certain pianists play so fast? Because they can. That crossed my mind while hearing Daniil Trifonov and his erstwhile teacher Sergei Babayan tear
Every so often a golden-voiced (or is it bronze?, I’m
This reissue of performances from a 1986 release on RPO is arguably the finest among a large group of full-orchestra renditions of Fauré’s Requiem. The
Written in open scoring for any number of participants on any instruments, Terry Riley’s In C consists of 53 melodic patterns that can be repeated
It’s hard to believe that this recording is nearly 20