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Just as he lived his brief life on the edge, French pianist Samson François (1924-1970) brought unbridled passion, big technique, and a restless, creative mind
Franz Waxman was the first to admit his stylistic debt to the great Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich, and to Richard Strauss as well, and that
Aaron Avshalomoff is one of the very rare examples of Western-composer-gone-East. Born in Siberia, he spent nearly 30 years of his life in China, where,
This passionate reading of Massenet’s sob-story goes straight to the top of the list of recorded Werthers. The recent Kasarova-Vargas BMG release was handsomely Classical;
Regardless of what its executives say, the record industry keeps churning out Beethoven Symphonies … Daniel Barenboim and Simon Rattle are working on sets, and
This is a really well sung, nicely conceived, Classical reading of Beethoven’s great Fidelio. Lying somewhere between all of Furtwängler’s recordings and Klemperer’s monumental, darkly
Sviatoslav Richter’s London debut at Royal Festival Hall in 1961 was broadcast by the BBC, and is included here in its entirety, along with material
The visionary power, dramatic potency, and titanic flow of Furtwängler’s wartime Beethoven symphony performances add up to listening experiences demanding as much as they reward.
Once upon a millennium, there was the creation of the Well-Tempered Clavier. And it was good. And it was final. No composer need bother with
Mendelssohn’s setting of Psalm 42 (the poetically inane booklet translation of the first line reads “As the hart panteth after the water brooks/So panteth my
