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Classical CD Reviews: François-Xavier Roth and Schumann, Herbert Blomstedt and Brahms, and Daniel Barenboim and Elgar

November 21, 2020
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Françoix-Xavier Roth delivers a must-have cycle of Robert Schumann’s symphonies; Herbert Blomstedt’s Brahms’s Symphony no. 1 is spacious, restrained, and – too often – dull; Daniel Barenboim’s latest Elgar installment features a regrettably unsung masterpiece.

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Classical CD Reviews: Michael Tilson Thomas conducts Schumann and “The Gershwin Moment”

February 1, 2018
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The San Francisco Symphony delivers performances of chamber-like sensitivity and remarkable transparency.

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