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No composer wrote so extensively and rewardingly for the piano To access this content you must login to your Insider account, or purchase a subscription for $5 monthly, or $49 annually.
Collectors may have come across Kent Nagano’s live Montréal Beethoven symphony recordings as individual releases on Sony Classical that lasted in the catalog for about
What has happened to the reputation and legacies of Arthur To access this content you must login to your Insider account, or purchase a subscription for $5 monthly, or $49 annually.
Wilhelm Backhaus recorded Beethoven’s complete piano sonatas in mono for To access this content you must login to your Insider account, or purchase a subscription for $5 monthly, or $49 annually.
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No composer wrote so extensively and rewardingly for the piano To access this content you must login to your Insider account, or purchase a subscription
What has happened to the reputation and legacies of Arthur To access this content you must login to your Insider account, or purchase a subscription
Wilhelm Backhaus recorded Beethoven’s complete piano sonatas in mono for To access this content you must login to your Insider account, or purchase a subscription
These works have been well served on disc, from the To access this content you must login to your Insider account, or purchase a subscription
This particular release is the re-reissue of these performances; the […]
In general, Copland was not an especially compelling conductor, even […]
Collectors may have come across Kent Nagano’s live Montréal Beethoven symphony recordings as individual releases on Sony Classical that lasted in the catalog for about
This is “meat and potatoes” repertoire for a conductor like Andrew Litton, and he doesn’t disappoint. He has the Colorado Symphony playing at the top
Cedille has reissued this coupling of Ives and Copland piano sonatas at mid-price, an idea that hopefully will introduce a new crop of music lovers
The centerpiece of this very interesting and well-planned recital consists of a dynamite performance of Alkan’s blisteringly difficult Sonate de concert for cello and piano.
Alkan’s chamber music deserves much more attention: It’s a crime that terrific works like his Sonate de concert for cello and piano have almost no
If you’d like to access the full scope of Alkan’s quirky style in bite-sized proportions rather than piling into the Concerto for Solo Piano, Les
Review: 53 CDs of Beecham in Glorious Mono!
Warner's 53-CD box of mono Beecham recordings offers splendid recordings from 1926 onwards of everything from Handel to Mozart, Haydn, Tchaikovsky, Beethoven, Sibelius, Delius, Wagner, and tons of other stuff, all in mostly glowing performances and carefully remastered sound.
Kempe! (Random Reviews from the Overflow Room)
The great German conductor, a true orchestral "colorist" lives in the main collection and in the Overflow Room.
Repertoire: The BEST Sets of Schubert's Complete Music for Piano 4-Hands
This repertoire is both substantial and far too little-known. There are, at present, three excellent complete sets for your consideration:
1. Geister Duo (Mirare)
2. Goldstone and Clemmow (Divine Art)
3. Tal and Groethuysen (Sony)
All 7 CD sets
Music Chat: Oswald Kabasta--A Conductor Cult That Actually Failed
After all, how many Nazi conductors can we worship as the be-all and end-all of Western culture? It seems that there may be a limit.
Kernis & Kern (Random Reviews from the Overflow Room)
Two American composers, one an iconic composer for the Broadway stage, the other a bright light in the world of contemporary concert music.
Review: Foerster's Amiably Luscious Cyrano de Bergerac
Foerster: Symphony No. 2; Cyrano de Bergerac. Hradec Králové Philharmonic Orchestra, Marek Štilec (cond.) Naxos
This year’s Tanglewood on Parade, a much-anticipated tradition that dates to 1940, will celebrate the life and legacy
April 24, 2024—GRAMMY®-winning production house PARMA Recordings announced today its acquisition of Albany Records. The classical label is
Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada—The Festival of the Sound is celebrating big this summer with an incredible line-up of
