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…used to be the standard cuts that in some passages make his great symphony sound closer to the work of a third-rate composer like Kalinnikov. Still, Paray offers a vibrant…
…Yan Pascal Tortelier’s heavy handed performances don’t give you much to sing about, however, sounding more Teutonic than Gallic. Paul Paray was a master at this sort of repertoire and…
…and splendid concerto telecasts. The 1963 Prokofiev Third with Paul Paray at the helm more or less confirms what we know from the pianist’s incisive and poetic Mercury recording with…
These performances recall something of Paul Paray in their swiftness and bright-eyed clarity, though they miss Paray’s immediacy and impact. The Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 2 needs greater voluptuousness,…
Chausson’s occasionally recorded symphony had two powerful advocates in the 1950s and 60s, namely Charles Munch and Paul Paray, and their discs are considered classics. Though often discussed in terms…
…could retain Weingartner and Fried[1], adding Furtwängler’s contemporaries such as Otto Klemperer, Bruno Walter, Paul Kletzki, Jean Martinon, Paul Paray, Victor de Sabata, Igor Markevitch, Hamilton Harty, Serge Koussevitzky, and…
Stephen Paulus was a successful, prolific, and much-revered American composer acclaimed for his work in all the major genres, particularly opera, orchestral, and choral; his death last year (2014) at…
…Ernest Ansermet’s swifter version (London) and Paul Paray’s explosive one (Mercury) at the top of the heap. The Mother Goose Suite is played with affection if without the diamond clarity…
…at tempos close to classic French interpretations such as those by Paul Paray or Jean Martinon. This, combined with some really powerful contributions from the St. Louis brass and percussion…
…and relatively neglected composer have than the brilliant virtuoso violinist László Paulik (the Andrew Manze of Hungary), who performs these often dazzling, technically fearsome, melodically beautiful pieces as if born…