Your guide to classical music online
Your guide to classical music online
This multi-channel remastering of the original 1997 recording makes very pleasurable listening in the new format. Some listeners may find a bit too much information
Why do Carl Maria von Weber’s four piano sonatas resist coming back into fashion? One reason may be that they occupy a kind of no-man’s-land
Begun and dropped by Weber in the very early 1820s and completed by Mahler in 1886 from sketches and other works by Weber (a song
Remarkable as it may seem, this is the only available
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
