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The arresting intensity and individual profile distinguishing Norman Krieger’s 2007 Brahms Piano Concerto No. 1 recording with JoAnn Falletta conducting the Virginia Symphony Orchestra doesn’t
Much of the publicity surrounding Leif Ove Andsnes’ Sony Classical recital of piano works by Sibelius implies that this music was essentially unknown before Andsnes
Despite being a relatively knowledgeable music lover and critic, I had never given much thought to the viola da gamba until 1991 when a film
Romain Descharmes concludes his generally impressive cycle of Saint-Saëns piano concertos with this coupling of the formerly popular Fourth, and the increasingly popular Fifth. His
Slatkin’s American music recordings are uniformly marvelous, and self-recommending. On
Great performance reviews often resort to grilling analogies, for some
The Brook Street Band has produced attractive recordings of Handel’s chamber music for Avie, and this newcomer is no exception. There are nine Handel violin
In a way, every cycle of Beethoven’s string quartets is
Have you ever wondered what the point was in all that nineteenth-century screaming about colorful orchestration being inappropriate to symphonic discourse? You know what I
The Estonian composer Erkki-Sven Tüür is one of those composers whose music is both uncompromisingly modern and above-average accessible. He roughly follows the line of
