Your guide to classical music online
Your guide to classical music online
This is an absolutely wonderful disc in every way. Weber’s clarinet music is delightful, and it’s hard to imagine it being better played or recorded.
The playing here is generally excellent, but in the Freischütz Overture you miss the heavy-duty atmosphere of German romanticism: the opening is evocative but the
Let’s cut right to the chase: Ormandy’s Tallis Fantasia is
This is a first rate collection of some of Vaughan Williams’ best choral works, both a cappella and with organ accompaniment. Fans of this composer
At only 45 minutes of music, this set offers poor value, which is a pity because the performances are wonderful. Happily, the two Vaughan Williams
Colin Davis delivers an excellent performance of Vaughan Williams’ Sixth Symphony, aptly ferocious in the first movement, threatening in the second, with a raucous scherzo
Recordings of Vaughan Williams’ Mass in G minor don’t come along that often–but with this new one, Naxos has two first-rate performances in its catalog,
With this release, it’s probably safe to say that Berio’s iconic Sinfonia has become a repertory staple. It certainly has enjoyed enough recordings, starting with
Between 1958 and 2002 Luciano Berio completed his 14 solo Sequenzas, a series of pieces that push not only each instrument’s technical, textural, and expressive
In the fearless spirit of Morimur–this label’s “Bach project”, which reached unprecedented Britney-Spears-level sales–ECM now offers another piece of musical derring-do centered around a scholarly
