This dud of a performance was a disappointment when it was released 30 years ago and it has aged badly. Robert Heger was never more
Lest you think this is another garden-variety Freischütz, look again: This is a “French” version prepared for the Opéra de Paris in l841, with no
There are wonderful performances of the more famous Weber overtures
Remarkable as it may seem, this is the only available
Collectors have been waiting for an official SWR Hans Rosbaud
Paul McNulty ‘s 2007 fortepiano based on a Conrad Graf model circa 1819 served Ronald Brautigam’s Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven solo recordings wonderfully well, and
Having recorded Liszt’s two-piano arrangements of his symphonic poems, Leslie Howard and Mattia Ometto now bring their considerable duo expertise to Liszt’s Faust and Dante
This is one of the best recordings yet to come from the Michael Tilson Thomas/San Francisco Symphony partnership. Tilson Thomas has long established his credentials
Michael Tilson Thomas’ long association with the music of George Gershwin results in performances so idiomatic they could be categorized as (almost) definitive. In all
These two pieces go well together: both have first movements based on the same four-note motive, but Beethoven puts it to very different expressive use.