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‘There’s Nothing Quite as Distressing as This Piece’
The pianist Paul Lewis picks his favorite page of Brahms’s late solos, a work of “abject anguish.”
Everett Lee, Who Broke Color Barriers on the Conductor’s Podium, Dies at 105
He was known as the first Black conductor on Broadway and the first to conduct a white orchestra in the South. Mr. Lee went on...
Listen to Keyboard Music by Bach (No, Not That One)
The extraordinary range of C.P.E. Bach, a son of J.S., is on display in a new album from the pianist Marc-André Hamelin.
He Was an Important Conductor. Also a Great One.
Hans Rosbaud was renowned as a modern-music specialist. But newly released archival recordings demonstrate his gifts were far broader.
Dale Clevenger, Chicago Symphony’s Fearless Horn Master, Dies at 81
Mr. Clevenger, who played his notoriously treacherous instrument with daring, was an anchor of the Chicago orchestra’s famed brass section for 47 years.
Nelson Freire, Piano Virtuoso of Warmth and Finesse, Dies at 77
Hailing from Brazil as one of the great pianists of the last half of the 20th century, he recalled masters of the first half in...
She Was an Organist for the Ages
Jeanne Demessieux, born 100 years ago, was an astonishing player and a virtuosic composer.