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The reissue of this excellent Ravel disc at mid-price indicates just how consumer-oriented the classical music market has become. With so many fine discs by
Your chief motivation for purchasing this reissue will most likely be the chance to get Pierre Monteux’s 1964 complete Mother Goose. It’s still an extremely
It’s so satisfying when an historical issue has some merit beyond the fact of its mere existence, or has the potential to appeal to an
Despite having already released Boulez’s La Valse in SACD two-channel stereo, Sony now has opted to put it back in the company of its original
Sex appeal sells. That’s why Decca graces the cover of Naida Cole’s second recital for the label with an attractive photo of the pianist, her
The Lorin Maazel/Cleveland partnership in the 1970s took the tradition of superb playing and chamber music discipline inculcated by Szell into repertoire areas other than
If you like your Ravel piano concertos focusing on fastidious detail and untrammeled elegance, these 1979 recordings surely will suit your needs. Lorin Maazel balances
I was considerably less than enthusiastic about the last Maggie Teyte reissue to come my way–the Teyte volume in Decca’s The Singers series (type Q4790
Simon Rattle’s Boléro proceeds dutifully to its clamorous conclusion without incident (or any particular insight). But Daphnis et Chloé is the main interest here, and
With each reissue, this best-ever recording of Pictures at an Exhibition creeps closer to its country of origin (and Sony corporate headquarters). First it was
