Classical Reviews/Ensemble

21 interviews, and over 475 reviews of classical CDs, SACDs, DVDs, Blu-rays, and downloads in this 640-page issue!

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This disc flies under false colors: Its cover loudly proclaims “BRUNDIBÁR,” making one expect Hans Krása’s complete opera, whereas what we get is a suite therefrom,...

The title of this album, La Voie triomphale ( The Triumphal Way ), is described in the program notes as “the straight axis leading through central...


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This is a strange yet wonderful disc of music from the Middle East and environs, or influenced by the same. In fact, the only non-Middle Eastern...

The Juilliard Quartet was founded in 1946 by William Schuman, president of the Juilliard School. Violinists Robert Mann and Robert Koff, violist Raphael Hillyer, and cellist...