Released for the first time, these 1975 BBC studio broadcast performances find pianist Annie Fischer at her communicative best, and on fine pianistic form. The
It’s gratifying to see more and more pianists exploring the luxuriant keyboard idiom of Sergei Bortkiewicz (1877-1952) on disc. He was not the most memorable
This is an odd coupling, but it does restore to
Conductors coming to the Fauré Requiem have choices: The original, 1888 version with only five movements of the eventual seven and very minimal instrumentation; the
To mark Neville Marriner’s 2024 centenary Warner Classics has brought
The Bay Area-based Japanese-American pianist Tamami Honma serves on the music faculties of Stanford University and Santa Clara University, while maintaining an international itinerary of
Ailbhe McDonagh claims to be the first Irish cellist to have recorded Bach’s six suites. Does that give unique distinction to the lively rhythmic kick
[A re-post from our archives in memory of conductor Andrew
[A re-post from our archives in memory of conductor Andrew Davis, February 2, 1944-April 20, 2024.] Neither an opera nor an oratorio, this unique work–certainly
The third release in Jean-Claude Pennetier’s complete Fauré piano music cycle mixes and matches genres in performances that for the most part are intimate and