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This disc contains one of Enescu’s first “official” works (as a prodigy he was writing symphonies in his early teens), the wonderfully evocative Romanian Poem,
Naxos’ Scarlatti cycle descends to the bottom of the proverbial barrel for Volume 30, one of this series’ outright duds. The close microphone placement and
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George Enescu graduated from the Vienna Conservatory at age 11, and in some respects his music fulfills our expectations of a child prodigy for whom
This disc contains one of Enescu’s first “official” works (as a prodigy he was writing symphonies in his early teens), the wonderfully evocative Romanian Poem,
Naxos’ Scarlatti cycle descends to the bottom of the proverbial barrel for Volume 30, one of this series’ outright duds. The close microphone placement and
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My Uncle Sam had one of the coolest jobs of To access this content you must login to your Insider account, or purchase a subscription
Enescu’s Third Symphony is one of those “everything including the To access this content you must login to your Insider account, or purchase a subscription
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Naxos’ Scarlatti cycle descends to the bottom of the proverbial barrel for Volume 30, one of this series’ outright duds. The close microphone placement and
George Enescu graduated from the Vienna Conservatory at age 11, and in some respects his music fulfills our expectations of a child prodigy for whom
This disc contains one of Enescu’s first “official” works (as a prodigy he was writing symphonies in his early teens), the wonderfully evocative Romanian Poem,
Violin virtuoso Kristin Lee serves up a delightful and stylistically wide-ranging cornucopia of American music, performed with unalloyed joy, style and effortless technique, abetted by
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Review: Minasi Mangles Mozart II--Symphonies 39-41
Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 39-41 "Jupiter". Ensemble Resonanz, Riccardo Minasi (cond.) Harmonia Mundi
The Least IDEAL Brahms Cycle By Major Conductors
The Least IDEAL Brahms Cycle By Major Conductors
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I'm fed up with the "rape and pillage" school of classical music interpretation, although I understand the pressure on performers to do something
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Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 36 "Linz" and 38 "Prague". Ensemble Resonanz, Riccardo Minasi (cond.) Harmonia Mundi
Mahler! (Random Reviews from the Overflow Room 2)
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This year’s Tanglewood on Parade, a much-anticipated tradition that dates to 1940, will celebrate the life and legacy
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