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István Kertesz was a pro when it came to this music, and even though the Israel Philharmonic in the early 1960s wasn’t the best of
This disc makes a fine tribute to Josef Suk, one of the finest violinists of our time, who’s 75 years old this year and still
In celebration of James Levine’s 60th birthday, Deutsche Grammophon has assembled a handsome collection of the conductor’s recordings featuring the four orchestras with which he
Long before the days of radio and recordings, the only way to hear orchestral music at home was to play it on the piano. That’s
Herbert von Karajan’s previous Vienna Philharmonic Dvorák Eighth (recorded for Decca in 1961) was notable for the conductor’s uniquely emphatic gesturing (particularly in the slow
The seven discs comprising this budget boxed set constitute the complete DG, Decca, and Westminster recordings by the Janácek Quartet, all dating from the 1950s
Zdenek Macal conducts a sumptuously pleasant Má Vlast, one keenly attuned to the music’s pastoral elements and rich colors, vividly realized by the fine musicians
Taken down live at the 1999 Prague Spring Festival, Charles Mackerras’ performance offers a typically fresh, vital look at Smetana’s masterpiece. With the Czech Philharmonic
In 1929 Václav Talich and the Czech Philharmonic made the first complete recording of Smetana’s tone poem cycle Má Vlast, which gains its second CD
Paavo Berglund’s 1979 Dresden recording of Smetana’s Má Vlast appeared in EMI’s double-forte series and is now released by itself on Seraphim. Bargain Má Vlasts
