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Historic Gems: The Remarkable Emma Boynet

Jed Distler

I had never heard of the French pianist Emma Boynet […]

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Big Boxes: Ormandy’s Astonishing Columbia Monos (Video Review)

David Hurwitz

The Bottom Line: This beautifully packaged 120-CD set, containing all

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Previn’s Really Good Complete Warner Box (Video Review)

David Hurwitz

The Bottom Line: This 96-CD set contains all of André

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Reference Recording: John Butt’s Bach Trio Sonatas

Jed Distler

Originally released by Harmonia Mundi in 1992, and reissued on

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Big Boxes: Profil’s Louis Kentner Box

Jed Distler

Profil’s 10-disc Louis Kentner collection offers a diverse, if somewhat

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Video Review: Decca’s Grumiaux Edition–Fixed and Fabulous

David Hurwitz

The Bottom Line: If you got this set with the

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Big Boxes: Scribendum’s Vedernikov Edition

Jed Distler

Unlike his slightly older contemporaries and fellow Heinrich Neuhaus pupils

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Järvi’s Prokofiev Sixth: Still The Version Of Choice

David Hurwitz

Prokofiev’s Sixth was pretty much neglected by major conductors in

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Tubin’s Powerful Complete Symphonies from BIS

David Hurwitz

BIS has conveniently packaged Neeme Järvi’s epoch-making set of Eduard

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CD From Hell: Currentzis Sweats Beethoven’s Seventh

David Hurwitz

After Teodor Currentzis’ atrocious, inhibited Beethoven Fifth, this Seventh sounds

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CD From Hell: Boulez’s Worst Debussy and Ravel

David Hurwitz March 23, 2025

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A Bittersweet Big Box of 20th Century Boulez

David Hurwitz March 23, 2025

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Boulez’s Best Bartók

David Hurwitz March 22, 2025

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He’d received many honors before, but it wasn’t until last week that John Rutter, best known for his choral compositions and arrangements, especially works related