Classical CD Reviews Articles

Karajan Conducts – Bruckner Symphony No. 7 – Pristine Audio

The Seventh… the Maestro…

“Lympany… a lyrical artist of thought and intuition… a towering technique…”

“Internal Light”… illuminating the inner voices of the quartet

Three mid-century concerts

BRAHMS: Clarinet Trio in A Minor, Op. 114; BRAHMS/DIETRICH/R. SCHUMANN: F.A.E. Sonata: Scherzo in C Minor (arr....

MENUHIN plays Contemporary Sonatas = BARTOK: Sonata for Solo Violin, Sz. 117; PROKOFIEV: Violin Sonata No. 1 in F...

BACH: Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068; R. STRAUSS: Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30; BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No. 2 in...

ELGAR: His First Electric Recordings – Pomp and Circumstances Marches, Bach-Elgar Fantasia and Fugue, Enigma...

BACH: The 6 English Suites, BWV 806-811 – Francesco Tristano, piano – NAÏVE V8828 (2 CDs = 53:38; 50:49) (2/27/25)...

MacDowell: Hamlet/Ophelia, Op. 22; Piano Concerto No. 2 in D Minor, Op. 23; Romanze in E Minor for Cello and...

RAVEL: Piano Concerto in G Major; Piano Concerto in D Major for the Left Hand; BACH Prelude and Fugue in C; Prelude in...

NASH ENSEMBLE plays RAVEL = Introduction and Allegro; Piano Trio in A minor; La Valse (two-piano version; String...

Les Siècles au Théâtre des Champs-Elysées = LALO: Namouna Suite; DEBUSSY: Prélude a l’Après-midi d’un faune; ROUSSEL:...

Mozart – Horn Concertos Nos 2 & 3, Flute Concert No. 2 – Forgotten Records FR 2427 (54:04, complete credits...

SHOSTAKOVICH DISCOVERIES = Anti-Formalist Rayok; Impromptu for Viola and Piano; Scherzo for Piano; Three Fugues for...

FELIX WEINGARTNER conducts = LISZT: Les Préludes; Mephisto Waltz; BERLIOZ: Trojan March from Les Troyens; Symphonie...