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What if Rachmaninoff's most popular symphony were rewritten, as a piece for piano and orchestra? In the hands of a contemporary Russian composer, Rachmaninoff's second symphony has now become his Piano Concerto No. 5.
(05/27/2008)
Gil Shaham's new disc presents two violin concertos -- one a 19th-century standard, the other written 80 years later in Communist China -- but both cast in lush romantic style.
(04/29/2008)
On his latest disc, tenor Rolando Villazon has delved into operatic scores from 19th century Italy, many of them unfamiliar even to opera buffs. His criteria? "If my heart beat faster, then I chose it."
(04/22/2008)
The Baroque era, no less than the Romantic era, was an age of virtuoso composer-performers. On their inviting new disc, Musica Pacifica explores both the finger-twisting and the lyrical side of works by Vivaldi, Tartini, and Sammartini.
(04/15/2008)
Arrangements of operatic melodies were a mainstay of the Romantic violin virtuoso, and some of those pieces have become familiar standards. Violinist Livia Sohn has found overlooked transcriptions from that era, and she carries the tradition forward into the 21st century.
(04/08/2008)
Ever since finding a new home in Krakow, Poland, Nigel Kennedy has acquired a local's-eye view of that country's musicians and composers. On his new disc, he's revived a romantic violin concerto that even the Poles had forgotten about.
(04/01/2008)
Six of George Frideric Handel's concerti grossi have just been issued by Boston Baroque, one of the world's leading period-instrument orchestras. Handel put his audience-pleasing flair into the Concerti, even as he recycled some of the music from his earlier works-or those of other composers.
(03/31/2008)
There's more to Respighi than "The Pines of Rome." The latest disc from JoAnn Falletta and the Buffalo Philharmonic showcases three of his other works, in which his trademark orchestral brilliance is on full display.
(03/18/2008)
On his new disc, pianist Leif Ove Andnes plays -- and conducts -- Mozart with the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra. It's a combination that brings out spontaneous, subtle playing from soloist and orchestra alike.
(03/11/2008)
A few years back, Osmo Vanska and the Minnesota Orchestra began recording Beethoven's symphonies, in fresh, committed performances that have won international acclaim. They've just added two symphonies to the series: the sparkling 1st, and the 6th -- a sanctuary in sound.
(02/26/2008)
Vivaldi's "Four Seasons" is a series of pictures in music. On her new disc, Sarah Chang gives them a high-definition presentation.
(02/20/2008)
Violinist Daniel Hope has had a lifelong involvement with the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto. On his new disc, he plays it in its little-known original version, never recorded until now.
(02/12/2008)
Musical adventurers Rebel draw parallels between two Baroque masters for the first time, on their latest release, "Corellisante."
(02/05/2008)
The suites from Tchaikovsky's popular ballets have been recorded dozens of times. But on a new disc with a young Russian conductor, they come out sounding as fresh as ever.
(01/29/2008)
In 1982, Trevor Pinnock made an acclaimed recording of Bach's Brandenburg Concertos. Now at age 60, he's returned to those concertos with new insights, recording them with a hand-picked ensemble.
(01/22/2008)
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