
Since 1998, the Miami International Piano Festival of Discovery has showcased young keyboard talents from all over the world. In turn, VAI aims to promote
Orfeo’s decision to release this ordinary performance of Mozart’s “Haffner” Serenade is puzzling. Recorded live in August 1999, the playing is not especially distinguished and
Julius Patzak (1898-1974) is probably best known these days for his participation, with Kathleen Ferrier, in Bruno Walter’s 1952 London/Decca recording of Mahler’s Das Lied
In my review of Christopher Szaja Sager’s Clementi recital on Hänssler, I wrote of the Op. 25 No. 5 sonata’s aching lyricism and pungent harmonies
Here are the problems of Turkish Emperor Maometto II a.k.a. Memet (tenor): He loves the Byzantine slave girl, Irene (soprano) despite its political incorrectness; she
As I noted recently in my review of Colin Davis’ less than wonderful Elgar First Symphony on the LSO’s house label, the ambitious attempts by
As part of its ongoing Dieter Klöcker edition CPO has licensed this 1974 EMI Consortium Classicum recording of Franz Joseph Haydn’s 6 Notturni, written for
The Beethoven and Debussy selections were played on the same April 13, 1982 Royal Festival Hall recital from which BBC Legends released Debussy’s Preludes Book
Looking for Liszt Concertos whose dynamic range is restricted within a sonic field that doesn’t consistently clarify the orchestration? Or, for a soloist whose dutiful
Though English-born, young composer Rebecca Saunders (b. 1967) embraces the German avant-garde. That particular piece of news is not too terribly welcome, judging from the