It's wonderful to be able to write a review about Czech composer Josef Suk and not have to mention that his wife died of a heart attack in her twenties. So much of Suk's greatest and most profound music was inspired by his tragedy but, to paraphrase his teacher Dvoràk, how many times can you listen to minor-keyed monumentalities? The works on this ...
Every now and then, Graham Johnson and some of his friends will drop by for a lieder recital. Sometimes he'll bring Christine Schäfer and Schumann. Other times he'll bring Felicity Lott and Chausson. And, for a long time, he brought just about every singer in Great Britain and Schubert. Johnson and his friends may stay for a few songs or they may ...
Norwegian violinist Marianne Thorsen (active mostly in England) and the Trondheim Solistene state here that they "wish to present a fresh version of the most elegant violin concertos in the history of music." This being an audiophile release, they view the challenge in mostly technical terms. After struggling through a rather mysterious metaphor ( ...
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