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Iberia from Hell Naxos C

I don’t know exactly who Peter Breiner is, but he has no business touching Albeniz’s masterpiece. There’s a fine “complete” orchestral version on Telarc that

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Bruckner Tintner

Georg Tintner’s generally excellent survey of the complete Bruckner symphonies for Naxos reaches a peak with this exceptional performance of the Seventh. What makes Tintner

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Messiah/Naxos

On January 16, 1770, as revolution was brewing in England’s North American colonies, “an extract from Mr. Handel’s Grand Oratorio, called the Messiah, consisting of

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