Classical Records

A study of Mariss Jansons' final-years recording of Schubert's Symphony No. 9 with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra — rhythm, fidelity, and the rarest kind of document.

The 1989 Zimerman–Bernstein recording of Beethoven's Emperor Concerto — a collaboration interrupted by death, preserved by Deutsche Grammophon, and still unmatched in its balance of heroism and intimacy.