My review of their second Schubert/Mahler concert is live at Classical Source. Part le premier was reviewed by Elizabeth Barnette.
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What do you know? Evidence suggests Beethoven didn’t write Für Elise!
Whither the “Russian School”?
Go read Jessica Duchen’s new article in Standpoint on what some Russian musicians are saying about the decline of the “Russian School.”
Blast from the Past: A review from 2001
Here is my review of “Willem Mengelberg / Concertgebouw Orchestra: The Radio Recordings” (Q-Disc), originally published by andante.com in 2001 and recovered from the memory hole.
All the Richer
I am pleased to see that Alan Rich is back to blogging after a serious medical crisis that scuttled his summer. Go read!
Now that’s what I call Tchaikovsky…
(Hat tip: Sybille Werner.)
Who Was Carlos Kleiber?
Even if you know who he was, you will want to hear this terrific BBC profile, which includes commentary from prominent musical colleagues (including Plácido Domingo and Charles Barber) and critics. It’s hard to believe he’s been gone for five years. (Hat tip: Sybille Werner.)
Alicia de Larrocha, 1923-2009
Spanish news outlets report that Spanish pianist Alicia de Larrocha died earlier today in Barcelona at the age of 86. Although best known as a champion of the romantic repertoire of her native land, de Larrocha had a very broad repertoire.
Wilma Cozart Fine has died
Rudolf Bruil’s SoundFountain web site is reporting that Wilma Cozart Fine, the wife of Mercury Records’ renowned classical producer Bob Fine and herself a moving force in classical music recording, has died.
Mahler III – Gilbert / NYPhil @ Avery Fisher
My review of last evening’s New York Philharmonic concert (the first subscription program under their new music director, Alan Gilbert) is live at ClassicalSource.com.