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You have to wonder when Michael Daugherty is going to run out of iconic bits of Americana on which to base his ever-growing catalog of

With the Ninth Symphony, the South African piano duo of Tessa Uys and Ben Schoeman conclude their world premier recorded survey of Beethoven’s symphonies arranged

Yes, three settings of the Magnificat by three Bachs. Not that there’s anything wrong with Johann Christian Bach (1735-1782), but he’s on a playing field

There’s a trajectory to worshiping Bach, namely that by the

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Please click below for the video review. The Bottom Line:

This, Rossini’s 34th, is his longest and last Italian opera. It is a behemoth–just under four hours of music, with a 10-minute overture, a 25-minute,

Recorded during the 2021 Hamburg Festival, Avanti Classic’s third “Rendez-vous with Martha Argerich” box set features the legendary pianist and various emerging and established colleagues
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