It comes as something of a surprise to find the Frenhc violinist Esther Abrami at #1 on this week’s Apple Classical streaming chart, published exclusively on slippedisc. Abrami’s name does not appear much on the […]
This is a remarkable two-CD set comprised entirely of first releases including never-before-issued performances led by the renowned conductor Pierre Monteux. Among these is a legendary 50th Anniversary performance of Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring with the composer in attendance, given […]
The Russian-born conductor of the Czech Philharmonic tells David Krauss in Speaking Soundly that he learned to manage pre-concert tension by playing volleyball from age 10 to 18 with Dynamo Leningrad. ‘My piano teacher was […]