Lympany; Moura

Big Boxes: The Decca Sound Piano Edition

Jed Distler

Decca’s latest big box compilation focuses on the British label’s […]

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Rachmaninov: Preludes/Lympany

Jed Distler

Listeners curious about Moura Lympany’s 1951 Rachmaninov Preludes cycle for Decca (expertly refurbished by Testament) should not expect the kind of thunder, thrust, or surface

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Chopin Nocturnes/Lympany

Jed Distler

Strange as it seems my college music library possessed the four Chopin Nocturnes cycles available on EMI in the late 1970s: Garrick Ohlsson, Alexis Weissenberg,

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Glazunov’s First Class, Sadly Neglected Piano Sonatas

David Hurwitz August 24, 2025

Lovely Glazunov Piano Concertos on Naxos

David Hurwitz August 24, 2025

Glazunov: Violin Concerto and The Seasons from an Unexpected Source

David Hurwitz August 24, 2025

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RIP David Vernier, Editor-in-Chief
by David Hurwitz
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Finally, It’s SIR John
by ClassicsToday
June 24, 2024
He’d received many honors before, but it wasn’t until last week that John Rutter, best known for his choral compositions and arrangements, especially works related