[asa]B00HPZZOOU[/asa] Jonas Kaufmann is a sure-footed guide on Schubert’s long day’s journey into night, but the burden of being the World’s Greatest Tenor hampers his performance as the moribund soul trudges…
[asa]B00HFEBY36[/asa] A regular visitor to England, Mendelssohn charmed virtually everyone he met (from Queen Victoria and Prince Albert downwards) with his multiple skills as composer, conductor, pianist and organist. He was a…
[asa]B00I4582LW[/asa] An entire album of music for voice and organ is an intriguing prospect, especially where the concept is as broad as that of musical prayer. You’ll find Bach, as you…
[asa]B00HCSRTO8[/asa] Chopin’s two concertos are all about the pianist, the slender writing for the orchestra doing little more than providing plain settings for the exquisitely cut jewels with which the…
[asa]B00HCSRTO8[/asa] Chopin’s two concertos are all about the pianist, the slender writing for the orchestra doing little more than providing plain settings for the exquisitely cut jewels with which the…
[asa]B00I53021Q[/asa] If you have heard of this Czech composer, it will only be as a friend of Beethoven’s or a teacher ofBerlioz and Liszt. If you’ve heard a note of his music before,…
[asa]B00I53021Q[/asa] If you have heard of this Czech composer, it will only be as a friend of Beethoven’s or a teacher ofBerlioz and Liszt. If you’ve heard a note of his music before,…
[asa]B00H4M63NK[/asa] Haitink’s dispassionate readings of Bruckner have consistently impressed for nearly 50 years. This 2013 live performance of the Austrian’s last symphony does not disappoint. Haitink draws much lush playing from the LSO strings…
[asa]B00H4M63NK[/asa] Haitink’s dispassionate readings of Bruckner have consistently impressed for nearly 50 years. This 2013 live performance of the Austrian’s last symphony does not disappoint. Haitink draws much lush playing from the LSO strings…
[asa]B00HZ8J5HO[/asa] Brahms’s Piano Concerto No.2 is the most ambitious of his concertos for soloist and orchestra, dating from 1878-81. Its symphonic nature is unmistakeable; throughout its four movements the piano…