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 During the 1887-1888 season when Gustav Mahler was the second conductor at the Leipzig Opera, he began to write his Symphony No. 1 in D Major.... |
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 As with the above Mendelssohn and Schubert coupling, we have on this recording two of Richard Strauss’s beloved tone poems that are often found sharing a... |
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 In this Wagner year, the Wagner industry moves on and Barry Millington, editor of The Wagner Journal and author of three other recent books about the... |
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 This is less a Hall of Fame candidate than a candidate for reappraisal. To my mind it is very good and worth any collector’s consideration. I... |
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 Without going to the trouble of actually documenting the statistics, I think it would be safe to say that this music is as oft recorded, especially... |
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 Available at CD Baby, CD Universe, and Amazon as audio CD or download. Pianist Renée Reznek is a new name to me and given the somewhat... |
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Independently issued CD, available at CD Baby, CD Universe, and Ensemble Gaudior’s website. This new recording was made to exhibit the glories of the St. Luke... |
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 In 1935, Josef Peter Heinzer was born to a cabinetmaker and his wife in Stein am Rhein, Switzerland. Growing up, the young man studied cabinet making... |
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 Here is music that is tonal, fragmented, complete, fascinating, moving, and complex. It is music that sounds like bits and pieces of other composers you’ve heard,... |
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 This is one of those strange CDs that draw you in due to odd cover art and unusual programming but give you zero indication as to... |
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 The only composer on this disc I haven’t encountered before is Jenni Brandon, so let me begin with the unfamiliar. Brandon (b. 1977) is an award-winning,... |
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Even if he lacked the wondrous Italian squillo of Mario del Monaco, Jon Vickers was a truly great Otello—in fact, one for the ages. He made... |
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 During the 1887-1888 season when Gustav Mahler was the second conductor at the Leipzig Opera, he began to write his Symphony No. 1 in D Major.... |
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As with the above Mendelssohn and Schubert coupling, we have on this recording two of Richard Strauss’s beloved tone poems that are often found sharing a... |
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In the 20-plus years that I have been contributing to this publication, I’ve noticed a huge sea change. When I started, Fanfare’s emphasis seemed to be... |
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 This is not the first time Marc-André Hamelin has been competing with himself for a position on my Want List. And if his recording of his... |
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 This is less a Hall of Fame candidate than a candidate for reappraisal. To my mind it is very good and worth any collector’s consideration. I... |
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Even if he lacked the wondrous Italian squillo of Mario del Monaco, Jon Vickers was a truly great Otello—in fact, one for the ages. He made... |
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 In this Wagner year, the Wagner industry moves on and Barry Millington, editor of The Wagner Journal and author of three other recent books about the... |
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 Toscanini’s career and personality present us with many conundrums. If he thought himself just “an honest musician” and not the greatest conductor in the world, why... |
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Alcoholics are supposed to remember their first drink. Jazz fans such as I remember when they were first exposed to one of their idols. I heard... |
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 Once upon a time I put together a program of short American pieces for a few friends and was struck by the number of the composers... |
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