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Collectors of Sviatoslav Richter’s recordings won’t find “new” repertoire among the 1959/60 performances from Kiev issued here for the first time. On the other hand,
Once you get past the dim and distorted recording, the tubby acoustic of the Salle Chopin, and the insecure intonation of the Pro Musica Orchestra’s
The estimable Florestan Trio completes its “cycle” of Schubert Piano Trios with this recording of the E-flat major trio, a performance as wonderfully incisive as
This release collects a good number of Deutsche Grammophon’s Furtwängler wartime recordings into one budget box, making them convenient as well as affordable for those
Carl Schuricht was the kind of conductor that gives the term “Kappelmeister” a positive spin. Like many of the Austro-German timebeaters we associate with what
The back cover reads that these performances are “issued from the original source” in “best possible sound remastered with 24-bit.” Translate that into reality and
This live broadcast concert from Royal Festival Hall on October 15, 1958 opens with the customary British national anthem (thankfully without the audience singing along).
For sheer virtuosity, ensemble exactitude, and rhythmic sparkle, Telarc’s 1990 recording of Schubert’s beloved “Trout” Quintet easily ranks among the catalog’s finest. The musicians opt
Cathedral recordings have a way of lending a disembodied quality to the music that can make the performance sound as if it were taking place
Michael Gielen favors strictly proportional tempos in the first movement of Schubert’s “Great” C major symphony, with the result that the introductory Andante sounds faster
