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Bruckner's music embodies the visions of a devout, ordinary man. Parts of his expansive, shimmering musical landscapes are influenced by Wagner, but one can also detect Schubert, who began life in similar circumstances. The reposeful...

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Release Date: October 07, 2022

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For a long time Johannes Brahms was considered the epitome of conservatism, who, contrary to the disciples of Wagner and Liszt, fell back on old forms, which allegedly had no power anymore. Indeed, Brahms was...

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Release Date: October 07, 2022

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Friedrich Gulda was born in Vienna on May 16, 1930. He began his musical education at the Grossmann Conservatory and subsequently took private lessons from Felix Pazofsky. From 1942 to 1947 he studied piano at...

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Release Date: September 02, 2022

$18.99

"The München Rundfunkorchester, its principal conductor Marcello Viotti, and the archdiocese of Munich and Freising are to be commended for their vision in supporting and performing twentieth-century sacred music, performing it so very well, and...

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Release Date: July 19, 2005

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The twentieth century brought forth many examples of the suppression of works by certain composers and even of whole categories of music. Numerous composers' works, for example, were banned as "degenerate" by the Nazis. Even...

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Release Date: May 04, 2018

$24.99

These recordings reissued on the Hänssler Profil label feature the playing of eminent Leipzig born pianist Wilhelm Backhaus (1884-1969). He was admired as a great Brahms interpreter and the two piano concertos were mainstays of...

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Release Date: November 15, 2011

$24.99

Classical Music

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Release Date: February 23, 2010

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Classical Music

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Release Date: February 21, 2006

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The contrast, many years went by before Wagner’s opus summum gained a place in the recording repertoire. The first attempt to record part of the “Ring” produced 122 shellac disc sides between 1926 and 1932....

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Release Date: September 24, 2013

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The first piece to be decided was Box Balaenae by George Crumb. This composition, embellished with theatrical elements that break down the boundaries between genres, has for some time now been part of Trio Wiek's...

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Release Date: January 08, 2016

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The focus of this impressive release is not only the stunning performance by the Staatskapelle Dresden, but the audiophile-quality sound engineering: “Real live recording – without a safety net, so to speak, without sound engineers...

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Release Date: August 17, 2018

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José Luis Turina writes of this release: “As is often the way, a seemingly insignificant event can have unexpected consequences in the long run. In this case, the trigger was a casual conversation with the...

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Release Date: November 16, 2018

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“In 2018, the music of Ozu's films has been revived by the Japanese pianist Miki Aoki. Spending most of her life abroad, she told me that Japanese composers and their works were not so familiar...

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Release Date: September 07, 2018

$10.99

Just a few repeat listening sessions leave me with the indelible impression that we are dealing with some of the most agreeable music of its kind and of its time—all the more notable given the...

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Release Date: April 27, 2010

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A memento of what must have been a very moving occasion. As far as I know, this is Sir Colin Davis’s second recording of Tippett’s oratorio; his first, made for Philips in 1975 and featuring...

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Release Date: February 26, 2008