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Lise de la Salle It has been a long time since I wrote about this French pianist. I bet she has 20 years of experience now; and I always liked her playing. Why? I find …

D. Scarlatti: 15 Keyboard Sonatas Domenico Scarlatti composed several hundred keyboard sonatas; of this vast output, we hear 15 on this CD: In this post, you have an opportunity to listen to Mikhail Pletnev on …

Magical Mozart! This morning I listened to a section of Mozart’s opera Cosi fan Tutte (That’s how they all do it) by Mozart. In the process, I paid close attention to the soprano who was …

Juilliard’s French music Debussy, Ravel, and Dutilleux: String Quartets This CD brings together a series of French string quartets which are extraordinary in their own right: Debussy: String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10 Dutilleux: …

Brahms and Berg violin Concertos On this CD, French violinist Renaud Capucon joins the British conductor Daniel Harding and the Wiener Philharmoniker for two major concertos, as performed by an international team. The expansive, lyrical …