Amazing Concert.
Rare Appearance! I have enjoyed my own participation in chamber music performance for many years. And naturally I have also developed a definite opinion about many professional groups of players, as it related to …
Mozart Archive
Martha’s Mozart.
Historic, yet sad. Martha Argerich, and Claudio Abbado perform Mozart. What a sad release this is after the recent passing of Claudio Abbado. Yet, we need to focus on the positive: This recording presents …
Songs By a Great Tenor.
Jonas Kauffmann sings: “You mean the World to me”. On this new CD, tenor Jonas Kaufmann dedicates his new album to the golden era of German music, which flourished in Berlin between 1925 and …
Levine, as pianist.
Music for Piano and Winds. I love this DVD for several reasons: I love music for wind instruments. When a piano is included, it is even better. James Levine is a terrific musician, conductor, …
Cuarteto Casals.
Mozart: String Quartets Nos. 14, 16 and 19 (These String Quartets were dedicated to Joseph Haydn.) When he dedicated a set of six quartets to Haydn in 1785, Mozart was acknowledging Joseph Haydn’s …