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To Our Readers Stay safe and healthy. Listen to lots of music! Stuck at Home? Consider becoming an Insider, and check out Dave's YouTube channel. Helmchen Homers In Beethoven s 4th Concerto (Video Review) The Bottom Line: This new Beethoven concerto cycle on Alpha looks like it s going to be one of the major events of the Beethoven year. In tandem with Andrew Manze s able leadership of the [...] Read Review Fine Christmas Oratorio With Boys From Stuttgart The easiest way of telling that Thanksgiving is near is when new releases of the Christmas Oratorio start rolling in. A look from desk to calendar quickly confirms this. Here we have Handel’s Compan [...] Read Review Konstantin Scherbakov s Beethoven Sonata Cycle In early 2020 Steinway Sons began issuing individual volumes of a Beethoven sonata cycle with pianist Konstantin Scherbakov as digital downloads. Upon the project’s completion, the label promi [...] Read Review Elder s Soft-Edged Job Mark Elder may be a fine operatic conductor, but his recordings of symphonic music have been far less impressive. Here s a case in point. Vaughan Williams Job, while a ballet, has a stron [...] Read Review Colin Tilney s Leisurely Bach Partitas Colin Tilney’s tempos in Bach’s music have considerably slowed down with age (the harpsichordist is 87 at this writing), and he never was a sprinter to begin with. As a consequence, his Six Partit [...] Read Review Latest Music Reviews Helmchen Homers In Beethoven s 4th Concerto (Video Review) by David Hurwitz The Bottom Line: This new Beethoven concerto cycle on Alpha looks like it s going to be one of the major events of the Beethoven year. In tandem with Andrew Manze s able leadership of the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, here are superb performances that offer sympathetic musicianship... Continue Reading CD From Hell: Bezuidenhout Badly Botches Beethoven (Video Review) by David Hurwitz The Bottom Line: This is atrocious.... Continue Reading Fine Christmas Oratorio With Boys From Stuttgart by Jens F. Laurson The easiest way of telling that Thanksgiving is near is when new releases of the Christmas Oratorio start rolling in. A look from desk to calendar quickly confirms this. Here we have Handel’s Company and the Stuttgart Hymnus Choirboys, along with a cast of lesser-known... Continue Reading Konstantin Scherbakov s Beethoven Sonata Cycle by Jed Distler In early 2020 Steinway Sons began issuing individual volumes of a Beethoven sonata cycle with pianist Konstantin Scherbakov as digital downloads. Upon the project’s completion, the label promised to bundle all nine volumes in physical CD format. The discs are packaged in space-saving sleeves,... Continue Reading Elder s Soft-Edged Job by David Hurwitz Mark Elder may be a fine operatic conductor, but his recordings of symphonic music have been far less impressive. Here s a case in point. Vaughan Williams Job, while a ballet, has a strong claim to be considered his strongest orchestral work in any medium. It... Continue Reading An (Over)Refined Schubert Octet by Jed Distler Few Schubert Octet recordings match the present release for sheer ensemble refinement, suavity, and blend. Even the first- and third-movement forte outbursts and the Finale’s ominous low-register tremolos emerge without one iota of imbalance. In this sense the performance is flawless, together with the musicians’... Continue Reading Colin Tilney s Leisurely Bach Partitas by Jed Distler Colin Tilney’s tempos in Bach’s music have considerably slowed down with age (the harpsichordist is 87 at this writing), and he never was a sprinter to begin with. As a consequence, his Six Partitas rarely reflect the music’s dance roots. Indeed, movements dependent on rhythmic... Continue Reading Aurora by David Vernier You will want at least six minutes of quiet, uninterrupted listening time and space in order to fully appreciate the highlight of this program: James Jordan and Jeremy Powell s Interpolations on Sicut cervus disiderat. And then you will need another six minutes because you will... Continue Reading Big Boxes: Fritz Reiner s Columbia Recordings by Jed Distler Because Fritz Reiner’s reputation primarily rests with his “golden age” recorded legacy as the Chicago Symphony’s music director, it’s easy to overlook his 1938-1948 stint in Pittsburgh. Reiner essentially rebuilt the Pittsburgh Symphony from scratch, raising its standards to a level worthy of the so-called... Continue Reading Ethel Smyth s The Prison: A Work To Be Reckoned With by Robert Levine The works of Dame Ethel Smyth (1858-1944) are rarely played despite the fact that she was the first woman to have an opera, Der Wald, performed at New York s Metropolitan Opera in 1903. Her works tended to be overlooked in her native England mostly due... Continue Reading View The 50 Latest Music Reviews You are here: Home Rough Ideas And The Little Bach Book August 17, 2020 by David Vernier Rough Ideas--Reflections On Music And More; Stephen Hough (Farar, Straus and Giroux; 2020)The Little Bach Book; David Gordon (Lucky Valley Press; 2017)However one manages life in a pandemic, I suggest that the disruption of former routines and the disorienting effects of ongoing uncertainty ...Continue Reading Naxos Launches MusicBox, Interactive Music Education Site For Children 4-12 August 8, 2020 by ClassicsToday New York, Hong Kong, 10 July, 2020—Naxos has announced the launch of NaxosMusicBox.com, the latest product in its suite of educational materials for younger, aspiring classical music lovers.From its inception, the Naxos record label has held education at the core of its mission to bring a love...Continue Reading A Champion for the Chevalier August 7, 2020 by Victor Carr Jr Composer Joseph Boulogne, the son of an African slave woman and her French owner who grew up in France and was awarded the title Chevalier de Saint-Georges, was largely lost to history until the last few decades, reemerging into public awareness with the somewhat belittling appellation "Le Mozart No...Continue ReadingBooks Articles by CT.com WritersCheck out this list of books and articles written by our own writers and critics. 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