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Schumann: Piano Quartet & Quintet
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Schumann: Piano Quartet & Quintet

Both of these works are examples of Schumann at his […]

Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 (1833 & 1834 versions)
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Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 (1833 & 1834 versions)

Composers’ second thoughts are usually better than their first. Take […]

going spatial
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Going Spatial

This essay was first published in the book, Ways of […]

The Resonance Between
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The Resonance Between

Hindustani classical music has enjoyed a fruitful relationship with audiophile […]

Frid: The Complete Works for Violin and Piano
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Frid: The Complete Works for Violin and Piano

The pride of the Soviet Union was not necessarily its […]

Igor Levit: Fantasia
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Igor Levit: Fantasia

Like a lot of today’s younger artists, Igor Levit, who’s […]

Éventail
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Éventail

Swiss oboist Heinz Holliger established his celebrated career with popular […]

From Method to Madness: The American Sound
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From Method to Madness: The American Sound

The four works here for cello and piano have at […]

From MGM Musicals to Uncompromisingly Radical Copland
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From MGM Musicals to Uncompromisingly Radical Copland

Sometime in the early aughts the enterprising British conductor John […]

An Old Hall Ladymass
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An Old Hall Ladymass

Trio Mediaeval cemented their reputation as engaging interpreters of early […]

Herrmann: The Man Who Knew Too Much
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Herrmann: The Man Who Knew Too Much

Surprisingly, Bernard Herrmann’s complete score for Alfred Hitchcock’s The Man […]

Winning the War and Getting the Last Laugh
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Winning the War and Getting the Last Laugh

The tribulations Dmitri Shostakovich endured in the Soviet Union turned […]

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