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Lukas Foss was a tremendously talented and eclectic composer. His To access this content you must login to your Insider account, or purchase a subscription for $5 monthly, or $49 annually.
Leonard Bernstein was a tireless champion of American music during his conducting career, presenting many world-premieres and leaving an impressive body of recordings–most for Columbia
It is surprising to hear these works performed in such an old-fashioned way. Surrounded only by a string quintet and a flute–an ensemble not dissimilar
Lukas Foss composed Griffelkin for the NBC television network, which broadcast the opera on November 6, 1955. Although Griffelkin is based on a children’s fable,
Lukas Foss composed his first piano concerto originally for clarinet while studying with Hindemith at Tanglewood and at Yale. The work was rewritten for piano
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Founded by brothers violinist Willi Boskovsky and clarinetist Alfred Boskovsky […]
This is an odd coupling, but it does restore to […]
To mark Neville Marriner’s 2024 centenary Warner Classics has brought […]
[A re-post from our archives in memory of conductor Andrew […]
This Fauré disc is among the highlights of Testament’s fascinating […]
Leonard Bernstein was a tireless champion of American music during his conducting career, presenting many world-premieres and leaving an impressive body of recordings–most for Columbia
It is surprising to hear these works performed in such an old-fashioned way. Surrounded only by a string quintet and a flute–an ensemble not dissimilar
Lukas Foss composed Griffelkin for the NBC television network, which broadcast the opera on November 6, 1955. Although Griffelkin is based on a children’s fable,
Lukas Foss composed his first piano concerto originally for clarinet while studying with Hindemith at Tanglewood and at Yale. The work was rewritten for piano
Pierre-Laurent Aimard devoting a whole disc to Schubert Dances? A far-fetched idea, you’d think. It’s almost as if the late Maurizio Pollini had decided to
Nelson Goerner made an excellent studio recording of Liszt’s Sonata in B minor that the Cascavelle label first released in 2007. This live all-Liszt recital
Reference Recording: Mahler's 4th Symphony
Mahler: Symphony No. 4. Desi Halban (soprano), New York Philharmonic, Bruno Walter (cond.) Sony Classical
Review: Thielemann's Atrocious Bruckner Box
Bruckner: 11 Symphonies. Vienna Philharmonic, Christian Thielemann (cond.) Sony Classical
Schubert! (Random Reviews from the Overflow Room 14)
This is the second-to-last video in our perusal of my Schubert discography, and remember, we're only talking about the extra stuff I don't keep in my main collection.
Reference Recording: Debussy's Etudes
Debussy: Etudes. Mitsuko Uchida (piano) Decca (Philips)
Review: Warner's Collegial Lars Vogt Collected Recordings
This 27-CD set contains the German pianist's complete Warner recordings, and largely features chamber music collaborations in which he proves to be a musician of exemplary taste, intelligence, and polish.
Reference Recordings: Gershwin's Works for Piano and Orchestra
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue; Concerto in F; "I Got Rhythm" Variations. Earl Wild (piano), Boston Pops Orchestra, Arthur Fiedler (cond.) RCA
Metropolitan Opera House, Lincoln Center, NY; March 19, 2024—The Met has revived Bartlett Sher’s 1967 production of Gounod’s
Much has justifiably been written regarding Seiji Ozawa’s extraordinary abilities and achievements as a conductor, and similarly about
Cathedral of St John the Divine, New York, NY; January 26, 2024—When one thinks of musical settings of
