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Pierre Boulez may be the only conductor alive at present to have recorded Mahler’s Das klagende Lied twice, first for Sony in the premiere recording
Thirteen discs of this stuff is torture–27 works that graphically 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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Boulez’s CBS legacy contains some remarkable work, from the perverse 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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It’s amazing how little Boulez has to offer in this To access this content you must login to your Insider account, or purchase a subscription
Thirteen discs of this stuff is torture–27 works that graphically To access this content you must login to your Insider account, or purchase a subscription
Yikes! Just as the Russian winter defeated Napoleon, so the To access this content you must login to your Insider account, or purchase a subscription
Boulez’s CBS legacy contains some remarkable work, from the perverse To access this content you must login to your Insider account, or purchase a subscription
This live Ravel program from the glory days of the […]
Pierre Boulez remade most of this music for Deutsche Grammophon, […]
Pierre Boulez may be the only conductor alive at present to have recorded Mahler’s Das klagende Lied twice, first for Sony in the premiere recording
Why is it that so much of this music is neglected today? It’s lively, tuneful, immaculately crafted, fabulously scored (naturally), and it would grace any
Wow! Move over Stokowski! Kees Bakels and his Malaysian players go nuts in the last two minutes of the Russian Easter Overture, cutting the tempo
This is a gorgeous Scheherazade. Not surprisingly, given the fact that this is Beecham’s orchestra a half-dozen years after the great Englishman’s death, the performance
Aside from Scheherazade and a few orchestral showpieces, most of Rimsky-Korsakov’s works are unknown territory for Western music lovers. This well-played program featuring a pair
The spongy, string-dominated opening of this Scheherazade is an immediate turn-off. What happened to the accents? Where are the trombones? (I’ll tell you where: they’re
Random Reviews of Books on Music: Furtwängler's Secretary, Nazism Takes Shape, More R. Strauss
Berta Geissmar, Furtwängler's (and later Beecham's) Jewish secretary tells her story, George L. Mosse describes how German nationalist culture led to the rise of Nazism, and we can never have too many Richard Strauss studies.
The Five Greatest Independent Record Labels
The Five Greatest Independent Record Labels
Hyperion
BIS
Chandos
Harmonia Mundi
Naxos
Holiday, Holborne, Hogwood, Hofmann (Random Reviews from the Overflow Room)
One of the all-time great blues singers meets Elizabethan consort music, while Christopher Hogwood plays modern classics and Hofmann really IS a classic (of the period).
Random Reviews of BOOKS on Music: Zoroastrianism, Maria Callas, The Paris Conservatory Orchestra
Zoroastrianism for beginners (just in case you were curious), Maria Callas' famous Juilliard masterclasses transcribed, and the history of one of the greatest orchestral ensembles.
The Five Greatest Speciality Record Labels
The Five Greatest Speciality Record Labels
Telefunken
Mercury Living Presence
Telarc
Nonesuch
ECM
Holmboe! (Random Reviews from the Overflow Room)
Denmark's greatest composer after Nielsen offers music lovers a richly varied and copious output of great music in traditional and non-traditional forms. If you like Bartók, Stravinsky or Shostakovich, you'll want to explore Holmboe.
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
