Simon Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonic have not made a finer recording than this excellent two-fer containing Dvorák’s four late tone poems based on grisly
Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique is not only one of the truly iconic works of the Romantic period, it’s also one of the repertoire’s most challenging test
There’s nothing bad here, but also nothing particularly arresting or distinguished. All of the music is well played, but if you compare Rattle’s Symphony in
There’s a pernicious myth that music critics lie in wait for artists to trip up so that they have something to complain about. In reality,
Something is odd here. The titles of the works are given only in German, and so are the notes. Is EMI merely importing product with
Despite being influenced by the likes of Richard Strauss, Debussy, Ravel, and his countryman Chopin, Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937) composed music of great beauty and unique
This is a very fine disc. Carl Nielsen’s ferociously difficult Clarinet Concerto presents no serious technical challenges to Sabine Meyer, who plays it with beautiful
In a recent radio interview Colin Matthews said he considered withdrawing his composition Pluto, the Renewer in light of the space body’s planetary demotion. But,
The stunning Czech mezzo Magdalena Kožená reaches deep into Mozart’s women with this new recital CD and comes up with some fine music making and
This coupling duplicates an excellent Vengerov/Rostropovich disc on Warner, and it couldn’t be more different. The Russians are slower, heavier, but also more manic in