Under The Radar

Major Discoveries: Martinu Chamber Music With Flute

David Hurwitz

Martinu’s flute music has become very popular, and is well […]

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Belohlávek Finally Gets His Martinu Symphonies Right

David Hurwitz

Before this release, there were two great Martinu symphony cycles:

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Henk & Hans Go To Sea

David Vernier

Every so often a golden-voiced (or is it bronze?, I’m

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Byron Janis’ Liszt Concertos: Playing For The Ages

David Hurwitz

[A repost from our archives, in tribute to the great

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Under the Radar: Pollini’s Late Schubert Reconsidered

Jed Distler

Maurizio Pollini’s recordings of Schubert’s last three sonatas and Klavierstücke

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Under the Radar: Bronfman and Zinman’s Stellar Beethoven Early Concertos

David Hurwitz

The period-instrument movement has accomplished some wonderful things, not least

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Revisiting: Julia Fischer’s Tchaikovsky Concerto

David Hurwitz

Has it already been so long? Julia Fischer, as we

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Under the Radar: Kempe’s Stunning Das Rheingold Excerpts

Jed Distler

In March 1959 Rudolf Kempe recorded an LP of excerpts

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Under the Radar: Leinsdorf’s Much Better Than You Thought Beethoven 9th

Dan Davis

Arnold Schoenberg’s tribute to the victims of inhumanity is ironically

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Under the Radar: Abbado’s Chicago Mahler 5th

David Hurwitz

As with just about all the Mahler symphonies, Abbado has

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The Beethoven/Scharwenka Ninth

Jed Distler March 23, 2025

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CD From Hell: Boulez’s Strauss/Mahler Pairing Is All Toten and No Feier

David Hurwitz March 23, 2025

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CD From Hell: Boulez’s Worst Debussy and Ravel

David Hurwitz March 23, 2025

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