
There’s much to savor in Brahms’ three violin sonatas through the symbiotic and refined musical partnership of violinist Pierre Amoyal and pianist Frederic Chiu. Their
The Marston label pays tribute to one of America’s most brilliant and multi-faceted musicians with this eagerly anticipated reissue. Music connoisseurs perhaps know Arthur Loesser
This is a set of highlights from Chandos’ splendid English language version of Donizetti’s Maria Stuarda, designed to showcase lead Janet Baker (this is evidenced
If Stravinsky and Brecht had collaborated, it’s likely that they would have devised something like this little suite of five short operas. Each opera is
The principal interest here resides in Robert Russell Bennett’s arrangement called Gershwin in Hollywood, which contains orchestral versions of some top tunes, including “They Can’t
First, the good news: it’s not often that you get to hear the music of Anton Eberl (1765-1807), a Viennese composer who was both a
Osmo Vänskä is a fine conductor who always brings fresh ideas to the music he performs. Sometimes they work, and sometimes they don’t. Here they
The Sorrel Quartet approaches Shostakovich’s string quartets Nos. 8, 9, and 13 with tremendous energy, vigor, and an emotional intensity that reveals their deep feelings
Collectors keeping tabs on CPO’s ongoing survey devoted to Sigfrid Karg-Elert’s complete works for harmonium will get a special kick out of Volume 4. About
Some of us who came of age in the LP era, when recordings of Mahler’s Ninth routinely took up four sides, still might find it