EMI's Classical Destinations: An Armchair Guide to Classical Music is a double-disc compilation that guides listeners to great works in a simple travelogue format. But beyond its appealing musical examples, there is little to be learned of locales from this package, and perhaps even less to be gleaned about the significance of nationalism in the ...
Swedish duo pianists Peter and Patrik Jablonski, looking like Detective Crockett on the old Miami Vice television series, here essay a generous sampling of Mozart's music for duo piano, including some rarely heard earlier pieces. In the case of the nine-year-old Mozart's Sonata in C major for keyboard four hands, K. 19d, the booklet notes complain ...
Cellist Mischa Maisky has a big tone. Cellist Mstislav Rostropovich has an even bigger tone. But cellist Ralph Kirshbaum has the biggest tone of all. Indeed, the sheer density and intensity of his tone seem too massive to be coming from a mere cello -- if one didn't know better, one might swear he was playing a bass. And yet, as he shows in these ...
With her great voice, great intelligence, and great interpretations, Anne-Sofie von Otter is one of the marvels of the age. Her voice is strong, supple, and beautiful. Her intelligence infuses her performances, lending them both wit and profundity. Her repertoire ranges from the most exalted and elevated Handel to the most down-and-dirty Weill, ...
The mazurka is one of many uniquely Polish musical forms resurrected and championed by Frédéric Chopin. He revisited the form throughout his short but prolific life. The mazurka has its origins as an early peasant dance, though Chopin treated it with far more elegance and refinement than its early predecessors could have likely imagined. Chopin's ...
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