Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) The String Quintets Quintet No. 1 in F Major, Op. 88 Quintet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 111 Produced by Gary Schultz Recording Engineer: Charles Harbutt Julliard String Quartet (Robert Mann …Read More
Brahms – Sonatas For Cello And Piano, Op. 38 and Op. 99
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) Sonatas For Cello and Piano Sonata In E Minor, Op. 38 Sonata in F Major, Op. 99 Produced by Jay David Saks Yo-Yo Ma – Cello Emanuel Ax – Piano Recording Date: …Read More
Brahms – Five Trios – Volume 1
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) Five Trios – Volume 1 Op. 8 in B Major Op. 40 in E-Flat Major Produced: Wade Botsford Golub-Kaplan-Carr Trio David Jolley – Horn Recorded at Concordia College – February 16, 17, …Read More
Brahms – Piano Sonata No. 3, Opus 5 (Emanuel Ax)
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) Piano Sonata No. 3 in F Minor, Opus 5 3 Intermezzi, Opus 117 Emanuel Ax, Piano Recording Location: Henry Wood Hall, London, 1989 ONE-SENTENCE REVIEW: Emanuel Ax sort of knows what he’s doing… …Read More
Brahms – Ballades – Rhapsodies – (Glenn Gould)
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) Ballades, Opus 10 Rhapsodies, Opus 79 Glenn Gould, Piano Recording Location: CBS Recording Studios, New York, NY, 1982 ONE-SENTENCE REVIEW: There is nothing to review about Glenn Gould’s final piano recordings – just …Read More
Brahms – Symphony No. 4 (Bruno Walter)
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) Tragic Overture, Opus 81 Symphony No. 4, in E Minor, Opus 98 Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Bruno Walter (Conductor) Recording Location: American Legion Hall, Hollywood, California (Tragic Overture 1960; Symphony No. 4 1959) ONE-SENTENCE REVIEW: The …Read More
Brahms – Symphony No. 3 (Solti)
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Opus 90 Akademische Festouverture, Opus 80 Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti Recording Location: Medinah Temple, Chicago, May 1978 ONE-SENTENCE REVIEW: The greatest performance of the greatest Brahms symphony [best …Read More
Brahms – Symphony No. 2 (Masur)
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Opus 73 Akademische Festouverture, Opus 80 New York Philharmonic, Kurt Masur – Conductor Recording Location: Avery Fisher Hall, New York (1-4 February 21-24, 1992; 5 December …Read More
Boulez – Piano Sonata No. 1 (Also Koering and Messiaen)
Pierre Boulez (1925-): Pierre Boulez: Piano Sonata No. 1 Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992): Olivier Messiaen: Regard de L’Esprit de Joie Rene Koering (1940-): Rene Koering: Piano Sonata Michael Levinas, Piano Recorded at the studios of Radio Breme on April 1985 …Read More
Borodin: String Quartets No. 1 and No. 2
Alexander Borodin (1833-1887) Borodin – String Quartet No. 1 in A Borodin – String Quartet No. 2 in D Borodin String Quartet (Mikhail Kopelman – violin; Andrei Abramenkov – violin; Dmitri Shebalin – viola; Valentin …Read More
Boccherini – Guitar Quintets – Volume 1
Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805) Quintets for Guitar and String Quarter – Volume 1 Quintet in D Minor, G. 445 Quintet in E Major, G. 446 Quintet in B-Flat Major, G. 447 Zoltan Tokos, Guitar Danubius String …Read More
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique (BBC)
Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) Symphonie Fantastique, Op. 14 BBC Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Davis – Conductor Recorded live at Hitomi Kinen Kodo, Tokyo, on May 28, 1993 (BBC Music) ONE-SENTENCE REVIEW: What to say about this version of …Read More
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique
Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) Symphonie Fantastique, Op. 14 The Philadelphia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti – Conductor Recorded in 1985 (EMI Records) ONE-SENTENCE REVIEW: Symphonie Fantastique – it’s not just the creepy music from the insipid Julia Roberts movie “Sleeping …Read More
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