
For whatever reason, it’s always been unusual for German choirs (or French ones, or Italian ones, for that matter) to venture into English/English language choral
For Bunita Marcus is late Feldman, and that means long Feldman. In this performance it lasts about seventy-two minutes, and like most of his late
I recently had an interesting exchange with a good friend
Here, in one convenient box, are all of Marin Alsop’s
Pierre-Laurent Aimard’s long association with Olivier Messiaen’s music dates back to the early 1970s, when the teenaged pianist was a protégée of both the composer
Reissue in Harmonia Mundi’s “Gold” series does nothing to change this program’s mostly uninspiring music making. The sole exception to the dully antiseptic impression that
There are elegant, intelligent performances from a soloist who’s clearly thought about the music and knows how to get what he wants out of it.
What a delicious collection this is! Take a moment and
Until now, Nikolai Lugansky has recorded prolifically but unevenly, bouncing around from label to label. However, Lugansky’s recent contract with Harmonia Mundi may well bring
It’s really not entirely the conductor’s fault. Granted, the chorus and orchestra sound ill-coordinated in a few spots (like the opening Kyrie), and there are