Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 & Schulhoff: Five Pieces Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; Manfred Honeck, conductor Reference Recordings There are a great many pundits in the music…
Last weekend in Chicago the Music Critics Association of North America (MCANA) held its annual meeting, with meetings and discussion built around some major performances.…
Beethoven: Coriolan Overture, Op. 62; Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op.93; Liadov: The Enchanted Lake, Op. 62; Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (Orch. Ravel).…
Half a century ago, in January 1970, the young Riccardo Muti gave this symphony its western Europe premiere in Rome with the RAI orchestra and…
Two composers in despair, reaching deep into their souls. Arnold Schoenberg, a penniless refugee in Los Angeles in 1938, was commissioned by a liberal temple…
