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Eugene Ormandy’s 78 RPM output with the Philadelphia Orchestra for RCA Victor may seem like a drop in the bucket compared to his immense Columbia
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Leonard Slatkin’s Tchaikovsky symphony cycle was, on the whole, good […]
Despite outstanding recordings, indeed reference versions, by the likes of […]
Eugene Ormandy’s 78 RPM output with the Philadelphia Orchestra for RCA Victor may seem like a drop in the bucket compared to his immense Columbia
Listening to these performances by Stewart Goodyear, the word that kept coming to mind was “impressive”. And Goodyear does indeed impress with his bullseye accuracy,
Although Reynaldo Hahn’s 1921 Piano Quintet was popular in its day, it somehow fell between the cracks and remained largely unknown for decades. Just why
No, the world is not exactly screaming for another recording of Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto, even one as attractive and energetic as this; but happily Vadim
These two lovely symphonies certainly belong in the collection of anyone who cares about Russian symphonic music, though the performances on display here are far
It’s remarkable how Nikolai Miaskovsky’s final symphony, composed in 1949, sounds as if it had been written even earlier than his 1923 Symphony No. 6.
Cocaine Hippos: A Mostly Pointless Maazel Cleveland Box
This 15-CD box of Maazel's complete Sony recordings in Cleveland contains repertoire the vast majority of which (Beethoven, Berlioz, Strauss, Tchaikovsky) was released in a previous Sony box called, not surprisingly, "Great Recordings," which in Major Labelspeak means "anything we had kicking around." If you have that box you don't need this one. If you don't have that box, well, you still may not need this one.
16 Secular Choral Works I Couldn’t Live Without
16 Secular Choral Works I Couldn’t Live Without
Handel: L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato
Walton: Belshazzar’s Feast
Orff: Carmina Burana
Mahler: Symphony No. 8
Mendelssohn: Die erste Walpurgisnacht
Schoenberg: Gurre-Lieder
Martinu: A Bouquet of Flowers
Rachmaninoff: The Bells
Finzi: Intimations of Immortality
Vaughan Williams: Five Tudor Portraits
Dvořák: The Specter’s Bride
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13 “Babi Yar”
Britten: War Requiem
Sibelius: The Origin of Fire
Prokofiev: Aleander Nevsky
Haydn: The Seasons
Review: Petrassi's First Three Concertos for Orchestra Scruffily Played
Petrassi: Concertos for Orchestra Nos. 1-3. Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma, Francesco La Vecchia (cond.) Naxos
Note: Avoid the download from Apple Music. Each track has its opening second or two of music moved to the very end. Very annoying.
Review: Zlata Chochieva's Magnificent, Innovative Piano Concerto Program
Rimsky-Korsakov: Piano Concerto
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 2
Tsfasman: Jazz Suite
Zlata Chochieva (piano), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Karl-Heinz Steffens (cond.) Naïve
16 Major Cycles or Series I Couldn’t Live Without (1 per composer)
16 Major Cycles or Series I Couldn’t Live Without (1 per composer)
Scarlatti: Complete Sonatas
Haydn: Complete String Quartets
Martinu: Complete Concertante Works
Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas
Shostakovich: Complete Symphonies
Mahler: Complete Symphonies
Sweelinck: Complete Psalms
Mozart: Complete Piano Concertos
Brahms: Complete Chamber Works
Monteverdi: Complete Madrigals
Tchaikovsky: Complete Symphonies
Nielsen: Complete Symphonies
Dvořák: Complete Chamber Works
Debussy: Complete Piano Works
Janáček: Complete Operas
Sibelius: Complete Orchestral Works
Repertoire: The Haydn Symphony CRUSADE! (No. 65)
Symphony No. 65 in A major
This would be a typical Haydn symphony of the 1770s, except that no Haydn symphony is really "typical." Each has extraordinary features, and this delicious work is no exception.
Musical Examples courtesy of Nimbus Records.
This year’s Tanglewood on Parade, a much-anticipated tradition that dates to 1940, will celebrate the life and legacy
April 24, 2024—GRAMMY®-winning production house PARMA Recordings announced today its acquisition of Albany Records. The classical label is
Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada—The Festival of the Sound is celebrating big this summer with an incredible line-up of
