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Adrian Boult’s 1953 recording of A Sea Symphony provides a comparatively early example of his mastery of Vaughan Williams’ music (discographically speaking, not in terms
This callow, boxy reissue of a 1959 recording on Westminster ought never to have been produced. It’s a cheap performance of a work that requires
This recording of Elgar’s In the South dates from 1955, and despite somewhat thin and shrill mono sound it roundly outclasses Boult’s later EMI recording
Artur Schnabel’s interpretations almost always reflect his forceful, inquiring musicianship and a higher, more flexible level of pianism than often accredited. His post-war Schumann Kinderszenen,
The Mahler is a sad case. Kindertotenlieder, here transposed up a minor third (presumably to accommodate the soprano range) audibly taxes Kirsten Flagstad’s apparently waning
Is anyone pining for Boult’s Schubert Ninth? He recorded the work several times commercially, versions that at no point challenged the best of the competition,
Alicia de Larrocha and André Previn cautiously commence their Rachmaninov Third, neither one of them quite taking the lead. But when the pianist arrives at
There’s little that need detain us here: Adrian Boult rerecorded both symphonies for EMI in the 1960s, in excellent sound with a much more polished
Despite Adrian Boult’s reputation as an English music specialist and his advocacy of Vaughan Williams in particular, the later efforts of more assertive, disciplined, and
Paul Tortelier’s 1973 Elgar cello concerto with Adrian Boult and the London Philharmonic still holds its own among today’s available recordings. You could always expect
