This is a bittersweet review, as after submitting it I was informed that Jonathan Harvey (1939-2012) had died. I’ve reviewed several of his releases over the...
Let me introduce you to the greatest French composer of whom you have not heard, Lucien Denis Gabriel Albéric Magnard (1865–1914). He shares the year of...
The piano concerto—like the symphony—formed an integral part of Mozart’s catalog throughout his all-too-brief life. When he died in 1791 Mozart had succeeded in transforming the...
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681–1767) was once considered the greatest German composer. His popularity was due in large measure to the quality and diversity of his output...
In later years Verdi said that, although its production created numerous difficulties, the artistic quality of Nabucco meant that it was “the real beginning of my...
I simply must thank Christopher Dyment for mentioning this performance, along with publishing contemporary reviews of the concert that were virtually love letters to Toscanini and...
Fred Gaisberg, artists and repertoire director of His Master’s Voice, was a pretty astute man. Among his many achievements were recording tenor Enrico Caruso before anyone...
In his review of Rodziński’s recordings of the Tchaikovsky Fifth and Sixth Symphonies, Peter J. Rabinowitz gave an absolutely perfect capsule description of his general style...
These discs demand a joint review because they represent two competing series of chant editions and recordings. It all goes back to the organization of the...
In the 1940s and ’50s, when I was growing up to music in England, there were two homegrown pianists of consequence: Solomon and Curzon. Solomon, born...
