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Hyperion’s ongoing series of Romantic piano concertos has restored many fine works to international currency. Here’s hoping this new project does the same for the
Ferdinand Ries (1784-1838) enjoyed a long and productive life, but is best known historically as a friend of Beethoven. The two symphonies on display here
Western listeners have become familiar with Russian pianist Samuel Feinberg (1892-1962) through his deeply spiritual Bach recordings reissued by BMG/Melodiya and Russian Compact Disc. Three
The incidental music for Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme (1912) belongs among the minor productions of Richard Strauss. It’s a good-spirited and exquisite work, though, well worth
There’s little doubt that William Kapell, who died in a plane crash in 1953, was a great pianist. BMG honored his achievements a few years
Frescobaldi was the first great keyboard composer of the Baroque era, and an exact contemporary of Monteverdi. The collections of pieces that he published under
Artur Schnabel’s Bach recordings have gained previous CD reissue on Pearl, coupled with the pianist’s Brahms Concertos. While Pearl’s transfers were not what they could
The general consensus during Richard Strauss’ conducting heyday was that he was a more effective and inspired podium figure in front of an audience than
These recordings, made in 1947 and 1948, have been available before but never as a compilation and never in such decent sound. What we have
This collection groups together three previously issued film scores by three great composers of Hollywood’s “Golden Age”, all written for horror movies. When I was
