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Wilhelm Backhaus SWR Broadcasts Remastered

by Jed Distler

The first “official” release of three South German Radio broadcasts featuring pianist Wilhelm Ba... Continue Reading

Warner’s “Complete” Beethoven Box (A Bouquet of Roses and Nettles)

by Jens F. Laurson

There are two ways to look at a Total-Beethoven box such as this. Either as a convenient way to get ... Continue Reading

The Miró Quartet’s Beethoven Cycle: A Major Accomplishment

by Jed Distler

The Miró Quartet recorded Beethoven’s six Op. 18 string quartets in 2004. They resumed the cycle ... Continue Reading

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Does Heras-Casado Like Spanish Music?

February 23, 2020 by David Hurwitz

This is a slick, sterile, completely unconvincing performance of The Three-Cornered Hat, a work that really takes very little effort to carry off successfully. Of course the playing of the Mahler Cham... Continue Reading

Koroliov’s Slow And Inward Brahms Intermezzi

February 22, 2020 by Jed Distler

So far as I know, this release marks Evgeni Koroliov’s first solo recorded encounter with Brahms’ music. Slow and inward is generally the name of the game here. The B minor Ballade Op. 10 No. 3’... Continue Reading

Schaller’s First Rate Bruckner 6th

February 16, 2020 by David Hurwitz

The success or failure of Gerd Schaller's Bruckner recordings seems to stem less from the conducting, which is invariably sympathetic and idiomatic, as from the variable sonics and the sound of the Ph... Continue Reading

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