William Kapell
Pictures at An Exhibition, played by William Kapell
By Daniel Felsenfeld
For those of us who grew up listening to Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition in its orchestrated form, the piano version takes a little getting used to, especially in a weathered recording such as William Kapell’s on the William Kapell reDiscovered set. Perhaps you are more accustomed, in the opening “Promenade” movement, to [...]
Bach Suite in A-minor, from Kapell reDiscovered
By Daniel Felsenfeld
Sometimes if you love classical music you have to put up with some things that are old. That’s just the nature of the beast—the music is old, and from time to time, despite the best efforts of studio engineers, recordings can be wonderful but just not up-to-the-minute in terms of technology. But most [...]