Classical music reviews, articles and commentary
by a deeply devoted fan
![Opera](images/headers/toc_opera.gif)
... many don't, but these really speak to me ... accounts, recordings.
![Classical Classics](images/headers/toc_classical_classics.gif)
... a survey of musical masterpieces and recommended recordings.
![D.W.Griffith and the Rise of Film Art](images/headers/toc_griffith_dawn.gif)
... a survey of D. W. Griffith's extraordinary first year of filmmaking.
![Feature Articles](images/headers/toc_articles.gif)
... the careers of
Toscanini, Furtwängler, Bernstein, Walter, Klemperer.
![Discographies](images/headers/toc_discographies.gif)
... annotated guides to the recordings of favorite artists and editions.
![Expanded Goldmine and Legal Times Columns](images/headers/toc_columns1.gif)
... from Legal Times and Goldmine with updates, graphics and more.
![Record Reviews](images/headers/toc_recordreviews.gif)
... significant recordings ... together with some other observations.
![Movies & Miscellany](images/headers/toc_movies.gif)
... there's really more to life than classical music ... well, isn't there?
— for my most recent piece on the career of Otto Klemperer, please click here —