Deutsche Grammophon
A hell-for-leather approach to Schubert has its drawbacks; for all the sheen of Juan Diego Flórez’s singing, he doesn’t always seem at home in the music.
Read MoreHindemith and Britten could hardly have asked for more committed advocates than Steinbacher, Jurowski, and the RSOB.
Read MoreConductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin does dazzlingly right by the symphonies of Mendelssohn.
Read MoreFor all the surface-y beauty of the BSO’s playing, it’s a dull interpretation of Anton Bruckner’s Symphony no. 3.
Read MoreThere have been lots of recordings of Philip Glass to hit the market recently. One of the highlights is Víkingur Ólafsson’s Piano Works.
Read MoreThat Shostakovich left such a musical testament is, in its own way, miraculous; and it continues to speak to us with immediacy and power.
Read MoreMichael Lewin’s new album must surely rank among the most poetic and sensitive Debussy recordings of recent memory.
Read MoreThis recording is the first of a partial Shostakovich cycle Andris Nelsons and the BSO are embarking upon.
Read MoreThis attractive, inexpensive box set dedicated to Claudio Abbado contains a rich gathering of lucid, colorful recordings, among the most accomplished modern performances of symphonies that are absolutely central to the repertoire.
Read MoreNow in his mid-50s, Esa-Pekka Salonen is one of the most interesting and important composers of his generation and the recent attention his music is receiving is well deserved.
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