
Unless Vladimir Ashkenazy is at the keyboard or conducting Rachmaninov, his orchestral recordings rarely get much attention beyond some generalized praise. It is unlikely anyone
Helmut Rilling’s Bach still has not received the acclaim it surely deserves, particularly from the critical community in English-speaking countries. The reasons are not hard
Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957) was the student of Alexander Zemlinsky (1871-1942) and their music, particularly these two sextets, reflects the spirit of late 19th-century Vienna.
Michael Gielen has a solid reputation as a conductor of Bruckner and Mahler, and this new Resurrection Symphony upholds it handsomely. His reading of Symphony
Pierre Boulez takes a fresh approach to Mahler’s much-recorded Fourth Symphony. Eschewing the received Mahlerian style, Boulez instead views this echt-18th century work composed at