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Karel Ancerl’s incomparable recording of Janácek’s resplendently barbaric Sinfonietta remains not only the finest available version of the work, but also is the best recorded,
Arthur Rubinstein characterized Brahms’ late keyboard works as “chamber music for the piano”, and the description aptly encapsulates Janácek’s solo piano output. It never sounds
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
Ivan Moravec’s Prague Spring 2000 recital features works by Haydn and Janácek that are new to this pianist’s discography on CD, together with fresh looks
You have to know how to pick ’em. String quartets transcribed for string orchestra aren’t exactly the rarity they used to be, either on disc
From the opening measures of the First Quartet, with the six-note motto played as a single expressive arch (rather than broken into two three-note phrases,
This disc containing performances dating from Claudio Abbado’s early, “interesting” period explores the nether-reaches of reissue absurdity. Let us assume, for the sake of argument,
The reference standard for Janácek’s mesmerizing The Diary of One Who Disappeared has long been Beno Blachut’s 1956 recording with Josef Pálenícek (on Supraphon, paired
There are three Kempe Tchaikovsky Fifths: a Berlin Philharmonic studio recording from the late 50s (now on Testament), a Bavarian Radio live broadcast from 1974
Although Eloquence already has released a splendid Concerto for Orchestra from Antal Dorati with the Concertgebouw, this Mehta/Israel Philharmonic performance has every bit as much
