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Martha Argerich is universally acclaimed as one of the great […]
[A re-post in remembrance of Ned Rorem, 1923-2022] This is a very easy call: marvelous music, exceptional performances, top-notch engineering–it all adds up to the
[A re-post in remembrance of Ned Rorem, 1923-2022] The only reason I can think of for Ned Rorem’s songs to fail to thoroughly charm and
Each time an infrequent new integral recording of Dvořák’s 13 Poetic Tone Pictures crosses my desk, I seem to introduce each review with the same
Could any composer write a more joyful overture (sinfonia)–whenever, as often as he wanted? Just listen to the first few seconds of the “sinfonia” movements
Although George Lepauw recorded Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier in 2017 for both film and CD release, my review solely concerns the audio component. When a complete
One cannot question the polished and precise ensemble playing that Christian Zacharias elicits from the ORF Radio Orchestra in Mozart’s A major and C minor
Vladimir Ashkenazy is unquestionably one of our most gifted artists–a
Lisette Oropesa, for all her wonderful coloratura ability and upward extension, is nothing like a soubrette. Her very first notes here, from Le Siège de
Despite, or more possibly because of Claus Guth’s cold, distancing direction on Michael Levine’s even chillier and cruel sets, this performance of Leoš Janácek’s Jenufa,
