
George Szell offers the most telling example of the ability […]
It’s not as if string quartets don’t already have plenty
The California-born Paris-based Lillian Gordis’ Bach interpretations alternately fascinate and baffle, sometimes within the parameters of a single work. Take the D major Partita, for
You have to admit: releasing a complete set of Ives symphonies (even if it’s digital only) takes guts. It also highlights just how difficult it
Music by Charles Ives arranged for band! That’s an idea so good that you just know it will work. The American wind band was part
Eugene Ormandy was a surprisingly dedicated Ives conductor, at least
This well-filled disc contains excellent performances of some of Ives most popular and significant works. It’s easy to understand why the “Holidays” Symphony has enjoyed
Ordinarily a piano recital containing three minor-key Haydn sonatas on the first half followed by Schubert’s Impromptus D. 935 on the second half would never
Interpretive differences between Rudolf Serkin’s familiar 1968 studio recording of the Brahms First piano concerto with George Szell conducting the Cleveland Orchestra and this April
Romanian conductor and famed nutcase Sergiu Celibidache didn’t believe in