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Classics Today
3d ago
I wager that few Western collectors in the 1970s knew […]
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3d ago
Why do certain pianists play so fast? Because they can. That crossed my mind while hearing Daniil Trifonov and his erstwhile teacher Sergei Babayan tear through the Rachmaninov Suite No. 2’s Waltz and Tarantella movements at record speed. To their credit, the pianists achieve this feat with the utmost control, as the swirling inner lines ..read more
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3d ago
Every so often a golden-voiced (or is it bronze?, I’m […]
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3d ago
This reissue of performances from a 1986 release on RPO is arguably the finest among a large group of full-orchestra renditions of Fauré’s Requiem. The full-bodied orchestration is effectively captured, giving the added violins a satiny sheen and, especially in this re-mastering, letting us really feel the presence of the horns, trumpets, and trombones. Even ..read more
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1w ago
It’s hard to believe that this recording is nearly 20 […]
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1w ago
This one’s easy. Here is one of the finest recordings […]
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2w ago
I wager that violinist Daniel Kurganov and pianist Constantine Finehouse found collaborating on historic instruments in the three Brahms sonatas to be an illuminating experience on many levels. For example, the slightly musty and registrally differentiated sonorities emitting from the 1868 Streicher piano used in Sonatas Nos. 1 and 2 blend comfortably with the 1706 ..read more
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2w ago
From the PC of the deceased Iannis Xenakis, Pierre Boulez […]
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2w ago
Yoav Levanon’s debut recital for Warner Classics left the impression of an immensely gifted yet musically capricious youngster. This follow-up, digital-only EP release finds the young pianist more at home in Rachmaninov’s Etudes-Tableaux Op. 39. The lyrical flexibility with which he shapes the opening C minor salvo’s swirling passagework differs from Vladimir Ashkenazy’s firm and ..read more
Classics Today
3w ago
Metropolitan Opera House, Lincoln Center, NY; March 19, 2024—The Met has revived Bartlett Sher’s 1967 production of Gounod’s R&J hot on the heels of its new production of La forza del destino, and it has two hits on its hands. Everyone seems to agree that “Forza” is a problematic work–too many scene and locale changes ..read more