Finds From a Pre-Digital Age Unearthed

Immaculate surfaces, well-scrubbed playing and spacious tempos mark these excellent performances, which remain too clean to be considered documents of Brahmsian passion. Buchbinder, a pianist of proven versatility and technical resources, contributes an abundance of pearly, powerful and touching details. He does nothing that one can fail to admire, yet the sweep, drama and spontaneity of this music elude him, as they do the dutiful conductor. One would gladly accept a few clinkers in exchange for the real heat we know resides at these addresses.