New Goldbergs and Old Gouldbergs

At last we get rays of sunshine and breaths of fresh air in Mlle. Frisch’s new recording!

New Goldbergs and Old Gouldbergs

At last we get rays of sunshine and breaths of fresh air in Mlle. Frisch’s new recording!

Four Centuries Apart 1.

Bob van Asperen stood out in Gustav Leonhardt’s first wave of gifted pupils (Alan Curtis and Ton Koopman among them).

Four Centuries Apart 1.

Bob van Asperen stood out in Gustav Leonhardt’s first wave of gifted pupils (Alan Curtis and Ton Koopman among them).

An Eclectic Stringed Ramble

The Trio Voronezh can play anything, as this live performance recording from New Orleans will confirm.

An Eclectic Stringed Ramble

The Trio Voronezh can play anything, as this live performance recording from New Orleans will confirm.

Helmut Lachenmann on Kairos

Once again, for the first time in this cozy, sunlit nook, the listener ponders his place.

Helmut Lachenmann on Kairos

Once again, for the first time in this cozy, sunlit nook, the listener ponders his place.

Of Time and the River: B.A. Zimmermann, Mario Pagliarani

Bernd Alois Zimmermann’s discography is in a pretty good state, even if a classic recording like Palm and Kontarsky’s Intercomunicazione and the excellent CD in DG’s defunct 20th Century Classics series that last enshrined it has vanished (but not from our shelves).

Of Time and the River: B.A. Zimmermann, Mario Pagliarani

Bernd Alois Zimmermann’s discography is in a pretty good state, even if a classic recording like Palm and Kontarsky’s Intercomunicazione and the excellent CD in DG’s defunct 20th Century Classics series that last enshrined it has vanished (but not from our shelves).

Mark Levinson No. 390S CD Processor

Not long ago, an audio hardware reviewer noted an irony: As the vinyl medium wanders yet farther into its dusk, its playback hardware improves.

Mark Levinson No. 390S CD Processor

Not long ago, an audio hardware reviewer noted an irony: As the vinyl medium wanders yet farther into its dusk, its playback hardware improves.

Neither Bad Boy nor Bum: New Recordings of Ornstein and Partch

Ornstein’s career as composer and pianist blossomed at a time when it seemed possible to express anything with music.

Neither Bad Boy nor Bum: New Recordings of Ornstein and Partch

Ornstein’s career as composer and pianist blossomed at a time when it seemed possible to express anything with music.

Vintage Falstaffs

Falstaff, that most elusive, atypical, and wondrous of all Verdi operas, is enjoying new life these days thanks largely to Bryn Terfel’s outsized portrayal at the Met and Covent Garden, and on disc under the baton of Claudio Abbado.

Vintage Falstaffs

Falstaff, that most elusive, atypical, and wondrous of all Verdi operas, is enjoying new life these days thanks largely to Bryn Terfel’s outsized portrayal at the Met and Covent Garden, and on disc under the baton of Claudio Abbado.

Revolving Doors on Madison Avenue

After studying for a Ph.D. in Greek and Latin, what do you qualify for? Not hardly much in the New York business world of the 1950s. But there was always advertising.…

Revolving Doors on Madison Avenue

After studying for a Ph.D. in Greek and Latin, what do you qualify for? Not hardly much in the New York business world of the 1950s. But there was always advertising.…

Chopin’s G minor Ballade, Op. 23

A noble C climbs four octaves in A flat and touches a high C (C6) before descending by graceful turns into G minor, the true key of the Ballade.

Chopin’s G minor Ballade, Op. 23

A noble C climbs four octaves in A flat and touches a high C (C6) before descending by graceful turns into G minor, the true key of the Ballade.

Salvatore Sciarrino’s Chamber Music on Kairos

I had intended to begin these Kairos comments with a several-disc report on Helmut Lachenmann.

Salvatore Sciarrino’s Chamber Music on Kairos

I had intended to begin these Kairos comments with a several-disc report on Helmut Lachenmann.

December Ramble: NMC and Edition Wandelweiser Records

The Hoxton Thirteen is a collection of new pieces by 13 of the young composers represented at the Hoxton New Music Days of 2000, a summer festival in England. What’s most surprising — even alarming — is how similar some of these 13 efforts sound.

December Ramble: NMC and Edition Wandelweiser Records

The Hoxton Thirteen is a collection of new pieces by 13 of the young composers represented at the Hoxton New Music Days of 2000, a summer festival in England. What’s most surprising — even alarming — is how similar some of these 13 efforts sound.