May 16, 2013 | MDT Mail Order
Leon Fleisher is considered a living legend among the coterie of distinguished American pianists who emerged in the late forties and early fifties. Students consider Fleisher the “Obi-Wan Kenobi of the piano,” and travel from all over the globe come to work with him or even just sit on his master classes, just as pianists [...]
May 10, 2013 | MDT Mail Order
The “Somewhere” in which Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock and Jack DeJohnette – the ‘Standards’ trio – find themselves is Lucerne, Switzerland, in the year 2009, with a performance both exploratory and in-the-tradition. This sparkling concert from one of the great groups of jazz is the trio’s first album since ‘Yesterdays’ was released in 2009, and [...]
May 10, 2013 | MDT Mail Order
Wagner is the giant among composers by reason of the fact that he created his own world. Whereas others interpreted ancient and familiar mythology, Wagner created his own myth. Whereas others composed to librettos by poets, Wagner wrote his own texts. He even built his own opera house, which had to be different and innovative. [...]
May 9, 2013 | MDT Mail Order
The latest instalment of highlights from the Martha Argerich Project at the Lugano Festival. This is the 10th annual 3-CD set celebrating the musical fruits of a project in which young artists join seasoned performers, including Martha Argerich herself, to explore wide-ranging chamber music and orchestral repertoire, both well known and rarely heard. Recorded at [...]
May 8, 2013 | MDT Mail Order
Pre-order at a special price. To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of England’s greatest composer since Henry Purcell, Decca Classics presents the ultimate Britten box, the first ever Complete Works. Includes all works with opus numbers and all works commercially recorded to date. Includes folksongs, excludes Purcell realisations and Hindmarsh’s arrangements of incidental [...]