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These four spectacular suites clearly demonstrate the qualities that make Korngold’s film music valuable away from the screen and worthy of concert performance. First, he
There’s some very pretty playing here. Previn’s treatment of the first movement’s famous second subject has great naturalness and flow, and the Largo really sounds
André Previn’s EMI recording of Rachmaninov’s Second Symphony with the London Symphony Orchestra remains one of the finest available. His Telarc remake isn’t quite so
Re-issued to mark Schiff’s 50th birthday, these are in the main admirable performances, despite Schiff’s sometimes detached manner. There could, for example, be a more
André Previn’s 1973 recording of Shostakovich’s Eighth Symphony is no match for Rostropovich’s uncompromisingly brutal 1992 version from Washington, available at budget price on Teldec
Two great British cello concertos on one excellent mid-priced reissue! It’s an offer too good to miss, and these performances by Yo-Yo Ma with the
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
These performances date from the pioneer years of digital recording, a technology that EMI quickly exploited (though not as fast as some of its rivals)
The view of this particular Panorama is obscured, first by Leonard Bernstein’s clunky, mutilated second recording of Rhapsody in Blue, and second by James Levine’s
This became a popular concerto coupling back in the days of vinyl, as the pieces shared similar keys, lengths, and orchestral scorings. They fit comfortably
