American music critic and liner notes author for classical releases.
Born October 4, 1928 in Breslau, Germany (now Wrocław, Poland) ; died July 26, 2009, Edina, Minnesota.
APPEARANCES +
Wilhelm Kempff
The Decca Legacy
2022, 13xCD, Comp, Mono, RM + Box, Cla, Decca,
Baroque/Classical/Romantic
Debussy* - San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas
Images / Jeux / La Plus Que Lente
2016, SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album, SFS Media, 
,
, Impressionist
Rotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest, Zinman*, De Waart*, Gergjev* - Rimski-Korsakov*, Pokofjev*, Moessorgski*, Rachmaninov*, Tsjaikovski*, Borodin*, Shostakovitsj*
Rotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest
2013, 10xCD, Comp, Decca, NRC Handelsblad
Gustav Holst, Richard Strauss, Boston Symphony Orchestra, William Steinberg
Gustav Holst: The Planets / Richard Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra
2012
Mahler*, San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas
The Mahler Project
2011
Mahler* - San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas, Susan Graham (2), Thomas Hampson
Mahler: Songs With Orchestra
2010, SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, SFS Media, ,
, Romantic
Beethoven* / Richard Goode, Iván Fischer*, Budapest Festival Orchestra
The Complete Piano Concertos
2009
Mozart*, Gidon Kremer + Kremerata Baltica
The Complete Violin Concertos
2009
Beethoven*, Ashkenazy*
Diabelli Variations
2007, 
,
, Classical/Romantic
Lili Kraus
In Recital = En Récital
2006, DVD-V, Mono, VAI
Saint-Saëns* - Steven Isserlis, London Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas, NDR Sinfonie-Orchester*, Christoph Eschenbach
Cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 ▪ La Muse Et Le Poète ▪ Suite
2005, CD, Comp, RM, BMG Classics, RCA Red Seal
Schumann* / Alicia De Larrocha, Tokyo String Quartet, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis
Piano Concerto & Quintet
2005, CD, Comp, RCA Red Seal, BMG Classics
Mahler* - San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas
Symphony No. 7
2005
Barber*, Kyoko Takezawa, Steven Isserlis, John Browning (2), Leonard Slatkin, Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
Violin Concerto / Cello Concerto / Piano Concerto
2005, ,
, Romantic/Modern/Concerto/Orchestra
Berlioz*, Sir Colin Davis, Staatskapelle Dresden
Overtures
2005, ,
, Classical
Mahler* - San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas, Laura Claycomb
Symphony No. 4
2004, SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, SFS Media, ,
, Romantic
Mahler* – San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas, Isabel Bayrakdarian, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson
Symphony No. 2
2004, 2xSACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, SFS Media
Dawn Upshaw with Gilbert Kalish
Voices of Light
2004, CD, Album, Promo, Nonesuch, ,
, Impressionist/Neo-Romantic/Modern/Romantic/Contemporary
Mahler*, San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas
Symphony No. 9
2004, 2xSACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album, SFS Media
Gershwin*, Michael Tilson Thomas, Garrick Ohlsson, San Francisco Symphony, New World Symphony*
Rhapsody In Blue
2004, CD, Comp, RCA Red Seal, BMG Classics, ,
, Modern
Schubert* - Guarneri Quartet With Leonard Rose
String Quintet, Quartettsatz
2004
Elgar* / Vaughan Williams* – Hilary Hahn, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis
Violin Concerto / The Lark Ascending
2004
Mozart* / Richard Stoltzman / Tokyo String Quartet / English Chamber Orchestra
Clarinet Concerto • Clarinet Quintet
2004
Verdi* - Sir Georg Solti*, Leontyne Price, Janet Baker, Veriano Luchetti, José van Dam, Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus*
Requiem
2004, 
,
, Romantic/Choral
Borodin*, Loris Tjeknavorian, National Philharmonic Orchestra
Symphonies Nos. 1-3
2004
Dawn Upshaw With Gilbert Kalish - Messiæn*, Debussy*, Golijov* & Fauré*
Voices Of Light (Music Of Messiæn, Debussy, Golijov & Fauré)
2004
Messiaen* - Peter Serkin
Vingt Regards Sur L’Enfant-Jésus
2004
Schubert* - Emerson String Quartet, Rostropovich*
The Late String Quartets / String Quintet
2004
Hindemith*, San Francisco Symphony, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Herbert Blomstedt
Orchestral Works
2003, 3xCD, Album, Comp, Decca, ,
, Modern
Barber*, Harris*, Schuman*, Leonard Bernstein
American Masters
2003, CD, Comp, Deutsche Grammophon, ,
, Contemporary
Ludwig van Beethoven, Cyril Huvé, Jorja Fleezanis
The Complete Pianoforte And Violin Sonates
2003, 3xCD, Cypres
Lorraine Hunt Lieberson
Bach Cantatas, BWV 82 And 199
2003, CD, ,
, Baroque/Organ
Richard Goode
Bach Partitas Nos. 1, 3 & 6
2003, ,
, Baroque
Mahler*, San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas
Symphony No. 1
2002, ,
, Romantic
Mahler* – Benjamin Zander • Philharmonia Orchestra • Camilla Tilling
Symphony No. 4
2001, 2xCD, Album, Telarc Digital, Telarc, ,
, Romantic
Ives* / Ruggles* / Piston* - Boston Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas
Three Places in New England / Sun-Treader / Symphony No.2
2001
Gustav Holst / Richard Strauss - Boston Symphony Orchestra • William Steinberg
The Planets • Also Sprach Zarathustra
2001
Aaron Copland, Michael Tilson Thomas, San Francisco Symphony
The Essence of America
2000, 3xCD, Comp, BMG,
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas
Symphonie No.1 »Winterträume = Winter Dreams« / Debussy: Images
2000
Beethoven* • Verdi* : Wiener Philharmoniker • André Previn
String Quartets
2000, CD, ,
, Classical/Romantic
Aaron Copland, Michael Tilson Thomas, San Francisco Symphony
Aaron Copland - The Populist
2000, CD Slipcase, ,
, Classical
Benno Moiseiwitsch - Chopin* / Kabalevsky* / Liszt* / Medtner* / Rachmaninoff*
Benno Moiseiwitsch
1999, 2xCD, Comp, Philips, EMI Classics, ,
, Romantic/Modern
Mozart* · Brahms* - David Shifrin · Emerson String Quartet
Clarinet Quintets
1999
Bach* / Richard Goode
Partitas Nos. 4, 2, And 5
1999
Artur Schnabel, Beethoven*
Artur Schnabel
1998, 2xCD, Comp, Philips, Philips, Philips, ,
, Classical
Strauss* - San Francisco Symphony, Herbert Blomstedt
Also Sprach Zarathustra - Till Eugenspiegel - Tod Und Verklärung - Death & Transfiguration
1998, CD, ,
, Romantic
Brahms* / Schumann*, Wilhelm Kempff
Wilhelm Kempff I
1998, 2x CD, ,
, Romantic
Schubert*, The Fine Arts Quartet, Frank Glazer, Harold Siegel
Quintet For Piano And Strings In A, D. 667 "The Trout" • String Quartet No. 14 In D Minor, D. 810 "Death And The Maiden"
1997, CD, Comp, Boston Skyline
Ludwig van Beethoven - Emerson String Quartet
The String Quartets
1997
Brahms* – Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado
4 Symphonien
1997
Stravinsky* - Michael Tilson Thomas, London Symphony Orchestra
Stravinsky In America
1997
Sibelius*, San Francisco Symphony, Herbert Blomstedt
Symphonies 3 & 6
1996, CD, Album, London Records
Beethoven*, The Fine Arts Quartet
The Late String Quartets
1996, 3xCD, Album, Comp, SBM + Box, Everest
Brahms*, Pinchas Zukerman, Marc Neikrug
Violin Sonatas, Sonatensatz
1996, CD, Album, RCA Red Seal, ,
, Romantic
Johann Sebastian Bach, Robin Sutherland
Goldberg Variations BWV988
1996, 2xCD, Album, D'Note Classics
Prokofiev* - Michael Tilson Thomas - San Francisco Symphony
Romeo And Juliet: Scenes From The Ballet
1996
Sibelius*, San Francisco Symphony, Herbert Blomstedt
Symphonies 1 & 7
1996, ,
, Romantic/Modern
Brahms* - Elizabeth Norberg-Schulz* · Wolfgang Holzmair / San Francisco Symphony & Chorus*, Herbert Blomstedt
Ein Deutsches Requiem
1996
Schumann* - Pinchas Zukerman, Marc Neikrug
Works For Violin/Viola & Piano
1995
Franck* ▪ Debussy* ▪ Fauré* – Pinchas Zukerman ▪ Marc Neikrug
Violin Sonatas
1995, CD, ,
, Impressionist
Mahler*, San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra, Alasdair Neale
Symphony No. 5
1994, CD, Not On Label (San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra Self-released)
Sessions* / Harbison* – William Bennett (4), San Francisco Symphony, Herbert Blomstedt
Symphony No. 2 / Symphony No. 2 / Oboe Concerto
1994
Richard Morris
Fugues, Fantasia, And Variations (19th Century American Concert Organ Music)
1994
Schumann*, Floyd Cooley, Robin Sutherland
A Schumann Fantasy
1993, CD, Summit Records (3)
Bruckner* / Wagner*, San Francisco Symphony, Herbert Blomstedt
Symphony No.6 / Siegfried Idyll
1993
Hindemith* - San Francisco Symphony, Herbert Blomstedt, Geraldine Walther
Nobilissima Visione • Der Schwanendreher • Konzertmusik Op. 50
1993
Beethoven*, Richard Goode
The Complete Sonatas
1993, 10x CD, Box Set, ,
, Classical
Schubert*, San Francisco Symphony, Blomstedt*
Symphony No. 9 In C - Overture In C, D591
1993
Mendelssohn* – San Francisco Symphony / Herbert Blomstedt
Symphonies 3 'Scottish' & 4 'Italian'
1993
John Adams, Alice Goodman - The Orchestra Of The Opéra De Lyon*, Kent Nagano
The Death Of Klinghoffer
1992, 2x CD, ,
, Opera/Contemporary
Sibelius* - San Francisco Symphony, Herbert Blomstedt
Symphony No. 2 · Tapiola · Valse Triste
1992
Sanford Sylvan With David Breitman
Beloved That Pilgrimage
1991, CD, Elektra Nonesuch, ,
, Modern/Contemporary
Beethoven* - San Francisco Symphony, Herbert Blomstedt
Symphonies 1 & 3
1991
Grieg* / Nielsen* - San Francisco Symphony, Herbert Blomstedt
Peer Gynt Suites / Aladdin
1991, ,
, Romantic
Brahms* – Rundfunkchor Berlin · Berliner Philharmoniker · Claudio Abbado
Symphonie No. 1 · Gesang Der Parzen
1991
Richard Goode, Beethoven*
The Op. 10 Piano Sonatas
1991
Nielsen*, San Francisco Symphony, Herbert Blomstedt
Symphonies 2 & 3
1990
Minnesota Orchestra, Edo de Waart - Mahler*
Symphony No. 1
1990
Brahms* - San Francisco Symphony & Chorus*, Herbert Blomstedt
Works For Chorus And Orchestra
1990, CD, ,
, Romantic
Strauss* • San Francisco Symphony / Herbert Blomstedt
Eine Alpensinfonie / Don Juan
1990
Beethoven*, Berliner Philharmoniker, Carlo Maria Giulini
Symphonie No.9
1990
Nielsen*, San Francisco Symphony, Herbert Blomstedt
Symphonies 1 & 6
1989
Grieg* - San Francisco Symphony, Herbert Blomstedt
Peer Gynt - Incidental Music Op. 23
1989, ,
, Romantic
Charles Wuorinen
Works For Violin And Piano (1969-1983)
1988, CD, Album, Bridge Records (4), ,
, Contemporary
Hindemith* – San Francisco Symphony, Herbert Blomstedt
Mathis Der Maler • Symphonic Metamorphosis • Trauermusik
1988, CD, ,
, Modern
Carl Nielsen, Herbert Blomstedt, San Francisco Symphony
Symphony No. 4 "The Inextinguishable" · Symphony No. 5
1988,
Richard Goode, Beethoven*
Late Sonatas, Opus 101, 106 (Hammerklavier), 109, 110, 111
1988
John Adams / Alice Goodman, Orchestra Of St. Luke's, Edo de Waart
Nixon In China (An Opera In Three Acts)
1988, ,
, Contemporary/Minimal/Political/Opera
Aaron Copland, Boston Symphony Chamber Players, Gilbert Kalish
Sextet / Piano Variations / Piano Quartet
1987
Ludwig van Beethoven, Malcolm Bilson, Anner Bylsma
Fortepiano And Cello Sonatas, Op.5 Nos.1 & 2
1987
John Adams - San Francisco Symphony Orchestra*, Edo de Waart
The Chairman Dances
1987
Roy Harris / William Schuman - New York Philharmonic • Leonard Bernstein
Symphony No. 3 / Symphony No. 3
1987, 
,
, Modern
Ludwig van Beethoven, Carl Maria von Weber, Robert White
Robert White - tenor - The Gallant Troubadour
1986
Mozart* / Vanhal* / John Miller (24), St. Mary's Chamber Players, Sir Neville Marriner
Concertos For Bassoon. Mozart In B Flat Vanhal In C
1986
Peter Serkin / Igor Stravinsky, Stefan Wolpe, Peter Lieberson
Works By Igor Stravinsky / Stefan Wolpe / Peter Lieberson
1986, ,
, Modern
Rachmaninoff* - Zoltán Kocsis, San Francisco Symphony, Edo De Waart
Piano Concerto Klavierkonzert No. 3
1985
Saint-Saëns*, Jean Guillou, San Francisco Symphony, Edo de Waart
Symphonie N° 3 "Organ-Symphony"
1985
Mozart*, Alfred Brendel, Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields*, Neville Marriner*
Piano Concertos = Klavierkonzerte No. 11 KV 413 & No. 16 KV 451
1985, 
,
, Classical
Mozart*, Alfred Brendel, Imogen Cooper, Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields*, Neville Marriner*
Piano Concertos = Klavierkonzerte KV 242 «Lodron» & KV 365
1985, CD, ,
, Classical
Rachmaninoff*, Zoltán Kocsis, San Francisco Symphony, Edo De Waart
Piano Concertos = Klavierkonzerte 1 & 2
1985
Mozart*, Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields*, Sir Neville Marriner, Alfred Brendel
Piano Concertos No. 5 KV 175 & No. 6 KV 238
1985
Steve Reich, John Adams, San Francisco Symphony / Edo De Waart
Variations For Winds, Strings And Keyboards / Shaker Loops
1984, ,
, Post-Modern/Contemporary
Mozart*, Alfred Brendel
Piano Sonatas · Klaviersonaten KV 310 & 457
1984
Tashi & Serkin* - Webern* & Takemitsu*
Webern & Takemitsu
1983, 
,
, Modern/Contemporary
Grieg* - Elly Ameling, San Francisco Symphony And Chorus*, Edo De Waart
Peer Gynt
1983
Mahler* – Boston Symphony Orchestra, Tanglewood Festival Chorus, Seiji Ozawa
Symphony Of A Thousand (No. 8) = Symphonie Der Tausend = Symphonie Des Mille
1983
Wagner* - San Francisco Symphony Orchestra*, Edo de Waart
Symphony In C / «Faust» Overture
1983
Franz Joseph Haydn* - Monadnock Music, James Bolle
The Symphonies Volume One (Number 42 In D / Number 43 In E-flat "Mercury")
1982, LP, Titanic (2)
Beethoven*, Peter Serkin
"Diabelli" Variations, Op. 120
1982, Vinyl, ,
, Romantic
Richard Stoltzman, Richard Goode - Brahms*
The Sonatas For Clarinet And Piano, Op. 120
1982
Arthur Fiedler, Boston Pops Orchestra
Arthur Fiedler, Boston Pops Orchestra
1980, 6xLP, Comp, RE, Deutsche Grammophon, 
Mahler*, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle*
Symphony No. 10 (Revised Performing Version By Deryck Cooke, 1966-74)
1980
Stravinsky* - Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Eduardo Mata
The Firebird: Suite (1919) / Symphony In Three Movements
1979, ,
, Modern
Dvořák*, The Raphael Trio
The Raphael Trio Plays: Dvořák Trio In F Minor, Opus 65
1979
William Parker (3) • Dalton Baldwin • Ani Kavafian*
Nine Songs By Charles Ives / Songs By Theodore Chanler, Norman Dello Joio, Irving Fine, Robert Ward
1978, LP, New World Records, ,
, Modern
Various
Brighten The Corner Where You Are - Black And White Urban Hymnody
1978, LP, Comp, Mono, New World Records, ,
, Gospel/Religious
Henry Cowell, Wallingford Riegger, John J. Becker, Ruth Crawford Seeger
Works By: Henry Cowell / Wallingford Riegger / John J. Becker / Ruth Crawford Seeger
1978, LP, Album, New World Records, ,
, Modern
Various
Toward An American Opera (1911-1954)
1978, LP, Comp, Mono, New World Records, ,
, Opera/Modern/Romantic
Jochum*, Beethoven*
Symphony No. 5
1978
Samuel Barber / Ned Rorem
Songs Of Samuel Barber And Ned Rorem
1978, Vinyl Gatefold, ,
, Modern
Glière*, Koussevitzky*, Schubert* - Lawrence Wolfe, Jonathan Feldman
Works Of Glière, Koussevitzky And Schubert
1978
Elliott Carter • Aaron Copland • Jacob Druckman • Charles Ives - Tanglewood Festival Chorus • John Oliver
American Music For Chorus
1978, Vinyl, ,
, Modern/Contemporary
Brahms* - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau • The Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Symphony No.4
1978
Solomon (6) - Herbert Menges, Philharmonia Orchestra / Grieg* & Schumann*
Piano Concertos
1978
Beethoven* / Henryk Szeryng, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt • London Symphony Orchestra
Concerto Pour Violon
1978
Beethoven*, Suk Trio
Triple Concerto
1978
Arthur Shepherd (2) / Henry Cowell / Roy Harris
Works By Arthur Shepherd, Henry Cowell, Roy Harris
1977, LP, Album, New World Records
J.S.Bach*, Sylvia Marlowe
Goldberg Variations
1977, LP, RE, RCA Gold Seal
Various
Brave Boys: New England Traditions In Folk Music
1977, ,
, Folk
Gustav Mahler - Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa
Symphony No.1
1977, Vinyl, ,
, Modern/Romantic
Béla Bartók - Seiji Ozawa, Boston Symphony Orchestra
Music For Strings, Percussion & Celesta • The Miraculous Mandarin
1977, ,
, Modern
Tashi Plays Stravinsky*
Tashi Plays Stravinsky
1977
Randall Thompson / Seymour Shifrin / Elliott Carter - The University Of Michigan Chamber Choir, Members Of The University Of Michigan Symphony Orchestra*, Thomas Hilbish
Americana / The Odes Of Shang / To Music
1977
Roger Sessions, The Boston Symphony Orchestra*, Seiji Ozawa
When Lilacs Last In The Dooryard Bloom'd
1977
Elliott Carter / Michael Colgrass
Piano Concerto / As Quiet As
1968, LP, Album, RCA Victor
Bach* / Eva Bornemann, Jakob Stämpfli*, Yves Rudelle Vocal Ensemble, Chamber Orchestra Of The Saar*, Karl Ristenpart
Gott Soll Allein Mein Herze Haben Cantata BWV 169 • Ich Will Den Kreuzstab Gerne Tragen BWV 56
1967
Johann Sebastian Bach, George Malcolm
Two- And Three-Part Inventions (BWV 772-801)
1967
Elliott Carter, Jacob Lateiner / Michael Colgrass, Boston Symphony*, Erich Leinsdorf
Piano Concerto / As Quiet As
1967
Phyllis Curtin - Fauré*, Debussy*
La Chanson D'Ève / 6 Songs To Poems Of Verlaine
1965, Vinyl, ,
, Impressionist
Sylvia Marlowe, Baroque Chamber Orchestra*
Plays Bach Harpsichord Concertos
1965
Verdi* / Tchaikovsky* - William Steinberg And The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Quartet In E Minor (Transcribed For String Orchestra) / The Nutcracker Suite Opus 71a
1964
Beethoven* - Fine Arts Quartet*
Quartet In B Flat - Opus 135 And The Grosse Fugue Opus 133
1964
Beethoven* - The Fine Arts Quartet
Quartet No. 12 in E Flat, Opus 127
1963
Bach*, Sylvia Marlowe
The Goldberg Variations
1962
Mendelssohn*, The Fine Arts Quartet
Quartet In E Flat, Opus 12 / Quartet In E Minor, Opus 44, No. 2
1962
Hindemith* / Bloch*, The Fine Arts Quartet
Quartet No. 3, Opus 22 / Quartet No. 5
1962, ,
, Modern
Schubert* - The Fine Arts Quartet
Quartet In D Minor, "Death And The Maiden"
1961
Elliott Carter / William Schuman, Juilliard String Quartet
Second Quartet / Quartet No. 3
1961, ,
, Contemporary
Brahms* – The Fine Arts Quartet
Quartet In C Minor, Opus 51, No. 1 / Quartet In A Minor, Opus 51, No. 2
1961, ,
, Romantic
Beethoven*, Fine Arts Quartet*
String Quartet No 14 In C Sharp Minor Opus 131
1959
Bloch* / Czech Radio Orchestra* Conducted By David Epstein / The Fine Arts Quartet
Bloch: Concerto Grosso For String Orchestra And Piano & Quartet No. 5
LP, Everest, Everest
Beethoven*
Grosse Chorwerke - Large Choral Works - Grand Œuvres Chorales
5xCD, Comp, RE + Box, Comp, RE, Deutsche Grammophon, ,
, Classical/Romantic
Schumann*, James Levine (2), The Philadelphia Orchestra
Symphony No. 1 ("Spring")
LP, RCA Red Seal
Michael Tilson Thomas
Symphony No. 2
CD, S/Edition, San Francisco Symphony
Beethoven* / Lasalle Quartet
Die Späten Streichquartette = The Late String Quartets = Les Derniers Quatuors À Cordes
Ludwig van Beethoven - Emerson String Quartet
Mittlere Streichquartette = The Middle Quartets = Les Quartuors De La Période Médiane
, Classical/Romantic/Chamber Music/String Ensemble
Brahms* - Ernst-Senff-Chor*, Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado
Symphonie No. 3 • Tragische Ouvertüre • Schicksalslied
Brahms*, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Berliner Philharmoniker • Claudio Abbado
Symphonie No. 4 / Haydn-Variationen / Nänie
CD, ,
, Romantic
Brahms*, Marjana Lipovšek, Ernst-Senff-Chor*, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Berliner Philharmoniker • Claudio Abbado
Alt-Rhapsodie ∙ Schicksalslied ∙ Nänie ∙ Gesang Der Parzen
Beethoven* - Emerson String Quartet
The Late String Quartets
, Classical
Beethoven*, The Fine Arts Quartet
The Late Quartets