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This is Brahms as it should be. Bold, grand, shamelessly romantic. Of course, Barenboim and the Staatskapelle Berlin have given us first-rate symphony cycles of Schumann, Beethoven and lately Elgar, not to mention Barenboim's 3rd attempt at the Bruckner...
Review - Bruckner Symphony 8, Christian Thielemann / Vienna Philharmonic / Sony ClassicalThe booklet informs us that this is a captured live performance from Vienna, recorded in October 2019 (a careful listener will detect some minor coughing here and...
Szymanowski’s First Violin Concerto can be described as sumptuous, lush, exotic. It is said that the composer himself was inspired by the Polish poet Tadeusz Miciński, and specifically his poem Noc Majowa (A Night in May). Just by reading...
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Beethoven, Triple Concerto & Symphony 7 / Mutter, Yo-Yo Ma, Barenboim / West-Eastern Divan...
Music Review: Beethoven, Triple Concerto & Symphony 7 / Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Daniel Barenboim (piano & conductor) / West-Eastern Divan Orchestra...
Green Book, Peter Farrelly
Film Review. Title: Green Book / Director: Peter Farrelly / Released: 2018looking at the nominations for the Best Picture Oscar one cannot ignore...
Beethoven and Beyond (Violin Concerto and works by other composers), Duenas, Honeck, Vienna Symphony...
Music Review Beethoven and Beyond, Maria Duenas (violin), Manfred Honeck / Wiener Symphoniker / Deutsche GrammophonEvery time a new version of a popular classic...
The Taiga Syndrome, Cristina Rivera Garza
Book Review:Title: The Taiga Syndrome
Author: Cristina Rivera Garza
Published: Dorothy, a publishing project (October 2018)The fairy tale imagery is apparent from the very beginning. But this...
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Mahler, Symphony 9, Vänskä/Minnesota Orchestra
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Review: Bruckner Symphony 8, Thielemann / Vienna Philharmonic
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Review: Beethoven Symphonies (1-9), Christoph König / Solistes Européens Luxembourg
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