In celebration of Gidon Kremer's 60th birthday, Deutsche Grammophon released a substantial double-disc compilation in 2007, The Many Musics of Gidon Kremer, a highly rewarding retrospective that pays tribute to this versatile violinist's phenomenal talent, wide range of interests, and depth of experience. A seasoned virtuoso who has been active ...
This all-Schumann disc is for Richter specialists only -- those who already have his other recordings of the Piano Concerto (1954, 1958, and 1974) and who can't wait to hear this version from April 17, 1958, with George Georgescu and the USSR State Orchestra, and those who have Richter's 1986 recording of the fourth, fifth, and sixth Etudes on ...
This is exactly what the major classical labels should do in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Dmitry Shostakovich, the greatest composer of the Soviet Union: not just release box sets of previously issued Shostakovich recordings, but release new, challenging Shostakovich recordings. Coupling the very late Violin Sonata and ...
Yuri Bashmet's performances with the Moscow Soloists of a ballet and concerto by Stravinsky and transcriptions of a set of piano pieces by Prokofiev are notable for two things. First is the elegance and refinement of his readings. The subject of Stravinsky's ballet Apollo makes the work's intelligent rigor and restraint obvious, and the ...
Even after playing it in concert together the previous summer, Argerich, Kremer, Bashmet, and Maisky still spent five days in Berlin recording Brahms' Piano Quartet in G minor. They spent a Saturday in late February 2003 tuning up and the next four days recording, one day for each movement. On top of that, they practiced every morning back in ...
This pair of single-movement viola concertos written for Yuri Bashmet justify his renown. In both, he is able to draw an impressive variety of expressions from his instrument with seeming ease. On the other hand, it's obvious there was a lot of thought and care put into his interpretations. The concertos need thoughtful interpretations by the ...
This disc completes Pierre Boulez's survey of the major orchestral works of Béla Bartók with superlative recordings of three concertos: the Concerto for Two Pianos, Percussion and Orchestra, the Concerto No. 1 for Violin and Piano, and the Concerto for Viola and Piano. The works themselves come from three different periods in the Hungarian ...
As fine a single-disc collection of Shostakovich's chamber music as was released at the time of the composer's centenary, this disc has the twin virtues of a fascinating program and compelling performances. The repertoire includes one of the composer's least frequently played pieces of chamber music -- the Piano Trio No. 1 -- and one of his most ...
Tan Dun's Concerto for String Orchestra and Pipa (1999) is a reworking of one of his most popular works, Ghost Opera, written for and recorded by the Kronos Quartet. In this version, the composer's characteristic polystylism -- which here includes Chinese folk song, Copland-esque Big Sky music, quotations from Bach, and vocalizations by the ...
Depending on your tastes, this disc with Yuri Bashmet directing the Moscow Soloists may or may not contain first choice performances of these three well-loved string serenades by Grieg, Mozart, and Tchaikovsky. Those who prefer Herbert von Karajan and the Berliner Philharmoniker's lushly sensuous readings or Neville Marriner and the Academy of St. ...
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