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Paul Strauss was an American conductor who recorded light music for Deutsche Grammophon in the 1950s. His two most popular releases are gathered here in
This release draws from the celebrated series of Boston Symphony Chamber Players recordings made by DG during the 1970s. Berg, Schoenberg, and Webern made these
Hey, it’s the New Year’s Concert, so what could be bad? The answer, of course, is “nothing”. Sure we could quibble about the various merits
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
Finally! Naxos blesses us with the first decent-sounding CD transfers of the legendary Josef Lhevinne’s complete studio recordings, a slender yet priceless legacy that belongs
In Naxos’ new transfer this 1950 recording sounds as if it were recorded 10 years later; of course it’s mono, but it’s clean and clear
In his day, Willi Boskovsky, said to have the “Viennese lilt in his genes”, was considered one of the great exponents of the Viennese Waltz.
This is an exceptionally fine string orchestra disc. Although Dvorák’s Serenade for Strings certainly does not want for excellent interpretations–Karajan with the Berlin Philharmonic and
I want to congratulate you on your improved sense of rhythm, John Barbirolli told his exuberant audience at this Proms Concert, given on August 9,
This 1971 recording has always stirred controversy: Some feel its Viennese-ness is overdone, especially by Fischer-Dieskau as Falke, but others, like myself, just love its
