Pentatone Records

Classical Album Review: Karina Canellakis conducts Bartók — Pretty Much as Good as They Come

May 29, 2023
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This is an album of top-notch orchestral playing. Yet the real star is Karina Canellakis.

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Classical CD Reviews: Tesla Quartet plays Haydn, Ravel, and Stravinsky, Michael Tilson Thomas conducts Bernstein, Aspects of America

August 26, 2018
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Aspects of America, from the Oregon Symphony and its music director Carlos Kalmar, is at once superbly played, astutely programmed, and aesthetically necessary.

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