
André Previn is a talented composer, so it’s no surprise that his new violin concerto, a musical love letter written with obvious affection specifically for
Musical Heritage Society offers a solid performance of the Planets from Telarc’s back catalog, one with superb playing by the Royal Philharmonic and inspired conducting
Riccardo Muti’s 1977 recording of Ivan the Terrible still gives you the chills. The deep and panoramic sound perfectly suits both the score’s graphic, visual
André Previn and the London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus have given a long-overdue and invigorating face-lift to this much-recorded work, and in the process have
An interesting coupling, this, and an appealing release overall. Leonard Bernstein also recorded Beethoven’s Op. 131 quartet with the Vienna Philharmonic, and not surprisingly that
Here’s another chance to obtain André Previn’s fine recording of Mendelssohn’s complete A Midsummer Night’s Dream incidental music. This atmospheric performance, taped at London’s Kingsway
It’s funny how many conductors get one Elgar Symphony or the other, but not both. Adrian Boult always did a fine Elgar 2 but wasn’t
Decca’s Prokofiev compilation offers all of the composer’s concerted works in one three-disc package. The main attraction, the 1975 Ashkenazy/Previn Piano Concerto cycle, offers Ashkenazy’s
This recent volume in the Philips Duo 20th Century Classics series focuses on the violin concertos of the 1900s, specifically works by Shostakovich, Bartok, Elgar,
This Trio release offers yet another incarnation of Decca’s evergreen Rachmaninov concerto set. The high quality music-making found in the Previn/Ashkenazy combination contributes to these