Fast Tracks
November, 1998
It's difficult to debate a composer's intentions when the composer is also the performer. Ever since Edison recorded Brahms, there have been composers recording their own music. It's hard to surpass Dmitry Shostakovich's renditions of his Preludes and Fugues. The Revelation label has released seven CDs of the Russian composer playing his work on piano. They will forever alter the way you hear his music.Composers Recordings, Inc.'s Emergency Music series presents new music that's accessible but n...
