By Justin Davidson, eMusic ContributorBach's B minor Mass is a masterpiece that by rights shouldn't really exist. A setting of Catholic liturgy by a Lutheran composer, it seems to have been willed into being for no clear purpose. Though… more »
By Steve Holtje, eMusic ContributorThis two-disc set contains one of the most beloved and influential recording projects of the 20th century. Listeners who insist on intonational perfection or period performing practice will have to go elsewhere, but there are… more »
By Gavin Borchert, eMusic ContributorJohann Sebastian Bach's Goldberg Variations draw their nickname (Bach published them as part of a series with the generic title "Keyboard Practice") from Johann Goldberg, an acquaintance of Bach who, legend has it, played them… more »
By John Schaefer, eMusic ContributorSimone Dinnerstein was not completely unknown — a few critics in Philadelphia and New York were aware of her singular talents. She had, for example, attracted praise for playing a beautiful, nocturnal piece by George… more »
By Kevin Whitehead, eMusic ContributorUri Caine personifies the postmodern musical impulse; he's recorded straight-ahead and not so straightahead jazz, funk, klezmer, Brazilian pop, turn-of-20th-century Tin Pan Alley songs and breathtakingly novel and diverse arrangements of 18th and 19th Century… more »