RECAPTURING LOST SOUNDS Brahms has been hard to get lately. Habitually played as a security blanket for too many years, … Continue reading
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Eugen d’ Albert: The Centaur Pianist
“[There] is a certain young man, called d’Albert, who was in Moscow last winter, and whom I heard several times … Continue reading
Bartók in the Desert: The Art of Irén Marik
If there exists an “inner circle” among musicians, whose artistry and probing interpretations set them apart for their profound musical … Continue reading
Legendary Conductors: Strauss • Weingartner • Fried
As restoration technology has advanced, the problematic area of acoustic orchestral recordings now reveals greater clarity, exposing their altered instrumentation, … Continue reading
The Pietro Scarpini Edition
Italy’s finest singers have been adequately represented on recordings, yet its most significant pianists have been eclipsed to the point … Continue reading
Pachmann the Mythic Pianist
During his day, Vladimir de Pachmann (1848-1933) was regarded as one of the four or five greatest pianists in the world and … Continue reading
Adolf Busch: live conerto performances
Adolf Busch: Live Concerto Recordings Adolf Busch, violin; Leon Barzin / National Orchestral Association (Dvorak ); Hans Münch / Basel … Continue reading
Brahms works for Piano: Walter Gieseking
Brahms’ s music, as heard in performance over the last fifty years, has been so tragically devitalized as to consign … Continue reading