Re-visiting Mutter
Re-visiting Mutter For portions of the past two days I have come back to listening to one of my great favorites, violinist Anne–Sophie Mutter. And what a wonderful experience this has been. I am exploring …
Recordings Archive
Pletnev’s Ninth
Beethoven: Symphony #9 The Ninth Symphony is Beethoven’s major symphonic achievement and one of the greatest symphonic masterworks in Western classical music. Its glorious last movement climaxes with four vocal soloists and full chorus singing …
Leontyne!
Bizet: Carmen (highlights) Performed by Leontyne Price (Carmen), Franco Corelli (Don José), Mirella Freni (Micaëla), Robert Merrill (Escamillo) With the Wiener Philharmoniker, Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, (Vienna State Opera Choir), conducted by Herbert von Karajan About …
Russian School
Sviatoslav Richter plays Rachmaninov and Prokofiev A whole lot has been written about the Russian school of playing the piano. I have read some of this material, and I know from listening carefully that the …
Mattias Jacobsson
Mattias Jacobsson: Invocación Guitarist Mattias Jacobsson has a new recording called “Invocación”, a unique perspective on the works of Francisco Tárrega, his inspiration Chopin, and his students Llobet and Pujol. The selections on this CD …