The Juilliard Quartet’s recordings for Columbia (now Sony/BMG) deserve a […]
Although the sonics are understandably a bit dated, there is
Although the 1959-61 Leon Fleisher/George Szell Beethoven concerto cycle has
The terms “classic” and “definitive”, so overused that they are
Let’s leave aside the nonsensical coupling and focus on the music. Hindemith’s Klaviermusik, composed in 1923, resurfaced in 2002, and might as well have remained
Given the well-deserved attention focused upon Leon Fleisher as a 2007 Kennedy Center honoree and for his recent return to two-handed piano playing, it seems
In 2004 I raved about Leon Fleisher’s return to two-handed repertoire, and in particular his wonderful remake of Schubert’s final sonata, the work featured on
Last available as part of Philips’ deleted Great Pianists of the 20th Century series, Leon Fleisher’s 1959 Liszt and Weber program gains a new lease
For the first time, Sony BMG gathers under one roof all the Mozart studio recordings George Szell made with the Cleveland Orchestra for Columbia Masterworks.
Excellently remixed and remastered for their first CD incarnation in 1987, the 1959-61 Fleisher/Szell Beethoven concerto collaborations subsequently appeared in Sony’s Essential Classics budget line