
by David Hurwitz
Glazunov composed relatively little music for solo piano despite being acclaimed as a superb performer on the instrument. This excellent disc contains his complete output... Continue Reading
by David Hurwitz
Both of Glazunov’s concertos are late works, little known in today’s concert halls. They do not deserve their neglect. No less a musical luminary than... Continue Reading
by David Hurwitz
Yes, Vox is (was) still making new recordings, and so is (was) violinist Aaron Rosand. This one is superb. The excellence of the Malaysian Philharmonic... Continue Reading
by David Hurwitz
So much of Glazunov’s music reminds me of tepid bath water. It’s very comfortable, but not very stimulating, and it cools off too quickly. And... Continue Reading
by Jed Distler
Naxos’ Scarlatti cycle descends to the bottom of the proverbial barrel for Volume 30, one of this series’ outright duds. The close microphone placement and... Continue Reading
by David Hurwitz
George Enescu graduated from the Vienna Conservatory at age 11, and in some respects his music fulfills our expectations of a child prodigy for whom... Continue Reading
by David Hurwitz
This disc contains one of Enescu’s first “official” works (as a prodigy he was writing symphonies in his early teens), the wonderfully evocative Romanian Poem,... Continue Reading
by Jed Distler
Violin virtuoso Kristin Lee serves up a delightful and stylistically wide-ranging cornucopia of American music, performed with unalloyed joy, style and effortless technique, abetted by... Continue Reading
by David Hurwitz
There is only one questionable moment on this well-filled disc of Janácek orchestral music: the string-led apotheosis in the last movement of Taras Bulba, right... Continue Reading
by Jed Distler
Just why Vagn Holmboe’s 20 numbered string quartets remain closer to the repertoire’s fringes rather than towards the center core is a mystery, for they... Continue Reading
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