In October 1944 Wilhelm Furtwängler’s ambiguous, much reviled association with the Nazi regime was reaching its end; in January 1945 he finally fled. The valedictory intensity of this famous recording ...
The late conductor excelled in late Romantic repertoire, and these live recording of Bruckner symphonies see him at his best Mariss Jansons died last November. During the final 15 years of his life he ...
RCA Red Seal has released the first two volumes in a new Bruckner symphony cycle, led by the Estonian conductor Paavo Järvi. Currently acting as Music Director for the Frankfurt Radio Symphony ...
A year ago, Riccardo Muti conducted the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra in Bruckner’s Symphony No. 7. This was at the Salzburg Festival (and my review is here). This year, he is back, again conducting ...
Experience the beauty of Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 3 as played by Karen Gomyo, “a first-rate artist of real musical command, vitality, brilliance, and intensity” (Chicago Tribune). Then, delve into ...
Semyon Bychkov is a very good conductor. The New York Philharmonic is a very good orchestra. Last night’s was not a good concert. On the program was a single work—one of the greatest works of music, ...
These new recordings in Gergiev’s Bruckner series derive from a single concert given in the monastery of St Florian. When I reviewed the cycle’s inaugural release of the Fourth Symphony (11/16), I ...