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The Ernest Ansermet volume is one of the best of EMI’s Great Conductors series. It includes terrific, well-chosen performances, only a pair of which are
Erich Kunzel never has been a terribly spectacular conductor, but this release largely lives up to its title. The Bacchanale from Samson and Delilah suffers
How nice to see Ansermet’s Antar, Decca’s first official stereo classical recording, back in the catalog. It remains in a class by itself interpretively, and
Anyone glancing at the front and back covers of this CD would get the impression that it’s Marriner and the Academy performing Mussorgsky’s Pictures. Would
Vladimir Válek has a good sense of rhythm that generally serves him well in this colorful music, and heaven knows the Czech Philharmonic can play
Neeme Järvi is one of the few conductors to make sense of Rimsky-Korsakov’s Op. 9 “Antar” Symphony, a powerfully dramatic work that in the right
This recording of two Russian warhorses by Hermann Scherchen and the Vienna State Opera Orchestra has spectacular moments, but it gets off to a shaky
After a moderately festive Capriccio espagnol and an elegant and gloomy rendition of Sibelius’ somber Valse Triste, we’re presented with the promise of a powerful
This intelligently compiled bargain reissue demonstrates the strength of both Rimsky-Korsakov’s music on disc (when was the last time you saw a live performance of
What makes Sviatoslav Richter’s famous Sofia performance of Pictures at an Exhibition so special isn’t so much its virtuosity and brilliance as it is the
