Your guide to classical music online
Your guide to classical music online
There’s something strangely provincial about this production. It’s beautifully packaged, with an extra CD in which Boulez discusses–in three languages–his “discovery” of Szymanowski, and it
Yes, it sounds crazy to make yet another recording of Schubert’s Trout Quintet a “reference recording”, particularly given the number of really good ones already
Because Christian Tetzlaff’s 1993 Virgin Classics release of Bach’s Sonatas and Partitas ranks among these works’ reference recordings, collectors might be curious as to how
If you want a superb collection of Honegger’s music for cello, both chamber and orchestral, then this CD is just the ticket. I am completely
The present live performances with violinist Christian Tetzlaff and pianist Lars Vogt encompassing all three Brahms violin sonatas took place in September, 2002 during the
These are very fine performances, realistically recorded in multichannel sound. It’s always good to hear Christian Tetzlaff, a violinist with a reputation for “coolness” that
Christian Tetzlaff’s effortless virtuosity, purity of intonation, and slight emotional reticence perfectly suits Sibelius, making this the finest available collection of the Finnish composer’s music
Artur Schnabel regarded his composing as a hobby rather than a calling, yet many of his works, such as the two featured on this disc,
Dvorák’s Violin Concerto sits awkwardly with Lalo’s Symphonie espagnole on this Virgin “The Classics” reissue. In the former, violinist Christian Tetzlaff takes a powerfully robust
According to the booklet notes, the music on this recording represents the best from Danish composer Matthias Ronnefeld, whose relatively short career (he died in
