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Say what you will about Stokowski–he had fun, and it shows. At the end of Samson he has everyone in the NBC studio shrieking their
Mozart’s indefatigable Eine kleine Nachtmusik springs with a winning freshness from the Czech Chamber Orchestra’s strings. Josef Vlach leads with a minimum of fuss, seemingly
Leila Josefowicz’s astringent, almost viola-like tone at the start of Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No. 1 sets the stage for what will be a compellingly sharp-edged
Giulini’s EMI version of the Pathétique always has been well-respected, and with good reason. It offers an excellent balance of passion (in the first movement),
Daniele Gatti’s Tchaikovsky has everything: passion, precision, and a real interpretive point of view. Given the erratic quality of his previous releases for Conifer, it’s
Like other conductors before him (most notably Karajan), Kurt Masur plays the introduction to Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5 as if it were a movement all
It’s not every day that you find Tchaikovsky’s two major large-scale solo-piano works on one CD, and that may be enough of a reason to
Ferenc Fricsay’s Tchaikovsky Fourth is one of the gems of Deutsche Grammophon’s mono era. The performance radiates a vitality and freshness that demonstrates this somewhat
There have been some terrific new recordings of Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony in recent years, including Barenboim’s (Teldec), Fischer’s (Channel Classics), and now this one, which
Muti’s Philharmonia Tchaikovsky cycle on balance remains the best available, probably the best thus far recorded. It has everything: passion, intensity, razor-sharp discipline, and excitement
