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1 week ago | 
classicstoday.com | Robert Levine |David Hurwitz |Victor Carr Jr
Listening to these performances by Stewart Goodyear, the word that kept coming to mind was “impressive”. And Goodyear does indeed impress with his bullseye accuracy, rapid fingerwork, and an overriding sense of confidence borne from the mastery of his instrument. As with many of his generation, Goodyear tends to play very fast–especially in the Tchaikovsky, where his rapid-fire Finale, first-movement cadenza, and the Andantino semplice’s central section certainly make their mark.
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1 week ago | 
classicstoday.com | Robert Levine |David Hurwitz
Exclusive music reviews and news, created specifically for classical music listeners, from the serious collector to the inquisitive newcomer. This is not a fancy, high-gloss “e-zine,” but rather a simple, straightforward newsletter-style section of our website designed for ease of reading and packing the maximum amount of useful information into each issue.
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2 weeks ago | 
classicstoday.com | Robert Levine |David Hurwitz
Although Reynaldo Hahn’s 1921 Piano Quintet was popular in its day, it somehow fell between the cracks and remained largely unknown for decades. Just why this is so remains a mystery, for the music abounds in effortless melodic invention, clear and easy to grasp forms, delightful harmonic twists and just enough counterpoint to keep textures fresh and diversified.
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2 weeks ago | 
classicstoday.com | Robert Levine |David Hurwitz
No, the world is not exactly screaming for another recording of Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto, even one as attractive and energetic as this; but happily Vadim Repin couples this ever-popular chestnut to the rarely heard and simply marvelous Violin Concerto by Miaskovsky, catapulting this CD into the “essential acquisition” category, even if you already own five or six dozen versions of its disc-mate.
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2 weeks ago | 
classicstoday.com | Robert Levine |David Hurwitz
Exclusive music reviews and news, created specifically for classical music listeners, from the serious collector to the inquisitive newcomer. This is not a fancy, high-gloss “e-zine,” but rather a simple, straightforward newsletter-style section of our website designed for ease of reading and packing the maximum amount of useful information into each issue.
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3 weeks ago | 
classicstoday.com | Robert Levine |David Hurwitz
Kirill Gerstein’s March 2017 collaboration with Sakari Oramo and the Boston Symphony Orchestra in Busoni’s mammoth Piano Concerto generated both intense interest and ecstatic reviews. Two years later we can hear what all the fuss was about, for this recording, culled from those concerts, is the Busoni Concerto we’ve been waiting for, matching and often surpassing the 1989 Ohlsson/Dohnányi/Cleveland reference version.
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3 weeks ago | 
classicstoday.com | Robert Levine |David Hurwitz
Exclusive music reviews and news, created specifically for classical music listeners, from the serious collector to the inquisitive newcomer. This is not a fancy, high-gloss “e-zine,” but rather a simple, straightforward newsletter-style section of our website designed for ease of reading and packing the maximum amount of useful information into each issue.
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1 month ago | 
classicstoday.com | Robert Levine |David Hurwitz
Exclusive music reviews and news, created specifically for classical music listeners, from the serious collector to the inquisitive newcomer. This is not a fancy, high-gloss “e-zine,” but rather a simple, straightforward newsletter-style section of our website designed for ease of reading and packing the maximum amount of useful information into each issue.
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1 month ago | 
classicstoday.com | Robert Levine |David Hurwitz
So it begins. The reason most projected Haydn symphony cycles, whether complete or not, start with a bang and then end with a whimper is that the range of the music so vastly exceeds the imagination of its interpreters. This is particularly true of performances based on “historically informed” playing theories that impose the same basic approach on each work, no matter its content or character. Here is a case in point.
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1 month ago | 
classicstoday.com | Robert Levine |David Hurwitz
Exclusive music reviews and news, created specifically for classical music listeners, from the serious collector to the inquisitive newcomer. This is not a fancy, high-gloss “e-zine,” but rather a simple, straightforward newsletter-style section of our website designed for ease of reading and packing the maximum amount of useful information into each issue.
