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Nothing new or rare here, but LP mavens wishing these performances in state-of-the-art analog transfers on super thick, extra virgin vinyl should investigate this boxed
The Prokofiev Symphony No. 5 is the best of this lot. It boasts warm, full sound and highly alert playing. Celibidache employs what must be
Sviatoslav Richter was possibly the greatest Prokofiev pianist who ever lived. He had a unique way of unlocking the music’s pianistic beauty and poignant lyricism
Mindru Katz (1925-78) is not a name familiar to most piano buffs. It ought to be. Romanian-born, Katz studied with Florica Musicescu, who also taught
Bartok’s music proliferated in the early mono LP catalogs, with multiple versions of certain works vying for consumer attention. The major virtue of this 1953
The late Julius Katchen took to the Romantic piano concerto repertoire as if all the war-horses in this two-disc set were written especially for him.
An album of this sort seems as much concocted to present a portrait of the artist as to offer interpretations of the music–and there’s no
Unlike most of William Kapell’s recordings, his Prokofiev Third and Khachaturian Concertos have gone through several reissue incarnations prior to the present release. Jon Samuels’
In the early days of stereo, RCA released an all-Liszt LP by Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops that has remained in my memory as
George Szell’s Prokofiev Fifth is a swift, exciting performance that offers predictably razor-sharp orchestral execution. The recording, though, which dates from the late 1950s, is
