Bashmet; Yuri

Argerich And Friends In Verbier

Jed Distler

Deutsche Grammophon doesn’t miss a beat. No sooner does its boxed set devoted to Martha Argerich’s complete DG recordings appear than the yellow label brings

Reference Recording: RCA’s Walton Collection

David Hurwitz

The album title for this two CD set, “Sir William

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Mutter’s Mozart Violin Concertos: The Modern Reference

Victor Carr Jr

Anne-Sophie Mutter takes on dual roles of soloist and conductor

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Bartók: Concertos/Boulez

Victor Carr Jr

Bartók’s Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion is one of his most impressive works, bracing in its intensity. Unfortunately, Bartók’s reworking of the piece as

Brahms & Schumann: Chamber piano works/Argerich

ClassicsToday

There’s often a whiff of the unseemly when record labels gather some of their stars to record together–or at least it seems more the result

Kancheli/Gubaidulina:Viola pieces/Bashmet

Victor Carr Jr

Giya Kancheli employs extreme contrasts to vividly illustrate the realms of life and death as separated by the mythological river Styx. After a ferociously grim

MOZART COMPLETE VIOLIN CONCERTOS

ClassicsToday

Vladimir Spivakov is rarely convincing as a Mozartian. Compare his flighty, over-indulgent, insipid accounts of Concertos 1, 2, and 3 with the lordly and eloquent