Essays, articles and reviews from The Musical Heritage Review.

From 40 years of our monthly column "Exploring Music" to essays on a wide range of topics, The Musical Heritage Review took the original concept of an "expanded and improved liner notes" idea and became a magazine that was published 18 times a year for 40 years. From wild esoterica to thoughts about the weather, these essays are all about the joy of exploring music.

  • Exploring Music

    Written for over a decade almost exclusively by editor David M. Greene, "Exploring Music" essays accompanied Musical Heritage Society's Featured Selections. Usually between 5 and 7 essays were written for each edition of The Review, and David occasionally veered WAY off topic and added his own opinions about just about everything.

  • Essays

    Professors and musicians from the East Coast music schools wrote often for The Musical Heritage Review. The new fields of early music on historically informed instrument practice was a favorite topic of discussion (yay and nay), as was the doings of the Metropolitan Opera and...oh yes, record labels, like The Musical Heritage Society.

  • Reviews

    Each edition of The Musical Heritage Review contained hundreds of reviews. We've included many of these reviews on the product pages of the recordings we sell here at the site, but we will also feature many reviews here as well.

EXPLORING MUSIC

Winning Performances by Duncan Stearns

Winning Performances by Duncan Stearns

Gregor Benko

These works are winningly performed by the young American pianist Duncan Stearns, whose beautiful tone and understanding of the romantic style help make him a superb interpreter of these works.

Winning Performances by Duncan Stearns

Gregor Benko

These works are winningly performed by the young American pianist Duncan Stearns, whose beautiful tone and understanding of the romantic style help make him a superb interpreter of these works.

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Joplin & Johnson - Back to Back

Joplin & Johnson - Back to Back

David M. Greene

One of the burdens of aging is retrospection. No matter how much one tries to savor the passing moment, one finds increasingly that something about it picks one up and...

Joplin & Johnson - Back to Back

David M. Greene

One of the burdens of aging is retrospection. No matter how much one tries to savor the passing moment, one finds increasingly that something about it picks one up and...

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A Very Special Relationship

A Very Special Relationship

Robert MacAleer

Anyone familiar with the first three volumes in this series is well aware of the fact that this project is a labor of love on the grandest scale.

A Very Special Relationship

Robert MacAleer

Anyone familiar with the first three volumes in this series is well aware of the fact that this project is a labor of love on the grandest scale.

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Sailing to the Edge of Vivaldi

Sailing to the Edge of Vivaldi

David White

When Max G started on his journey, the entirety of Vivaldi was probably one-tenth of what is known so far – no major choral works, the barest knowledge of the...

Sailing to the Edge of Vivaldi

David White

When Max G started on his journey, the entirety of Vivaldi was probably one-tenth of what is known so far – no major choral works, the barest knowledge of the...

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Climb Every Mountain, Ford Every Sonata

Climb Every Mountain, Ford Every Sonata

David White

Balsam’s Haydn is comfortable side by side with Mozart and Beethoven, and while insights may be few, musicality and the composer shine through.

Climb Every Mountain, Ford Every Sonata

David White

Balsam’s Haydn is comfortable side by side with Mozart and Beethoven, and while insights may be few, musicality and the composer shine through.

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Pick A Symphony, Any Symphony

Pick A Symphony, Any Symphony

David White

Nameless Haydn symphonies are like small college basketball teams during March Madness. Nobody knows them until you see them play a big name team. But suddenly...they’re just as good, if...

Pick A Symphony, Any Symphony

David White

Nameless Haydn symphonies are like small college basketball teams during March Madness. Nobody knows them until you see them play a big name team. But suddenly...they’re just as good, if...

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