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...
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...
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...
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...
Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679–1745) was born in Louňovice pod Blaníkem, a small market town southeast of Prague, in what was then Bohemia. He was the eldest...
