
Thomas Dausgaard’s recent, mostly idiotic series on BIS of large symphonic works played by chamber forces almost made me forget what a talented and dynamic
Just what we’ve been waiting for! Another Mahler cycle! Yay! Or rather, Oy! Hearing this perfectly decent reading of the Seventh prompts several thoughts. No,
Bernard Haitink once gave an interview in Gramophone Magazine where
This is a sad review to have to write. There was a time when a new recording of Mahler’s “Resurrection” Symphony was an event, something
This spanking new Dutchman recording was taped last year during concert performances in Oslo. Edward Gardner and the Norwegian National Opera orchestra almost eclipse everything
Some of you may recall the shock and excitement that greeted Krystian Zimerman’s DG recording of the two Chopin piano concertos–a sort of exposé on
You read it right–this is not a “CD from Hell,” but rather a “CD from Chelm,” the notorious city of fools in Jewish folklore, and
Recorded in 1981, shortly before his death, this performance is
Each generation of pianists contains at least a handful of artists who take the time to delve into Grieg’s Lyric Pieces, such as Walter Gieseking,
Nielsen was a high energy composer, perfectly suited to a “muscle” orchestra like the New York Philharmonic. Listening to these two performance we are reminded