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With the release of this “on-demand” title, Arkivmusic.com restores to commercial availability one of the most influential orchestra recordings ever made–the first release in RCA’s
Here’s a no-brainer–the best recording of Erich Korngold’s wonderful Symphony in F-sharp, and not just because of the classy playing of the Philadelphia Orchestra, which
A few years ago this performance would have been more competitive than it is today. It’s still very good by any measure, well played and
Legendary treasures? Not exactly; Horenstein was such an inconsistent conductor. The only reason he matters now is because he had an admirably wide range of
This is, hands down, the best-engineered performance of Korngold’s masterful symphony yet released, and that means a lot. Looking at the score, what strikes the
The glue that binds this CD together is Oscar, meaning that all three composers featured here composed Academy Award-winning film scores. Fortunately Korngold’s youthful and
This is a wonderfully intelligent program: Erich Korngold’s by now very familiar concerto coupled with a totally unknown but equally attractive piece taken from exactly
These three violin concertos demonstrate the ongoing vitality and huge expressive range of the Romantic tradition in the first half of the 20th century, and
You’ve heard of The Red Violin? Well, Pavel Sporcl plays a blue one, part of his pop-star image. I suppose we should be grateful it’s
Nikolaj Znaider has a lovely, singing tone and prefers long-breathed, legato phrasing even in virtuoso passage-work. His ability to play quick passages in double-stops so
