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Christoph von Dohnányi used to remark wryly that whenever he […]
Although the live April 6, 1959 Beethoven Fourth Concerto performance with Claudio Arrau and Christoph von Dohnányi has circulated in the underground, I believe ICA’s
These three works for violin and orchestra clearly demonstrate both the richness and diversity of styles among American composers, and Gidon Kremer’s advocacy of the
Much as Arthur Rubinstein enjoyed making recordings, he loved to play in public even more, and his extant live performances usually communicate more verve, sweep,
Webern’s complete orchestral output fits comfortably on a single CD, with plenty of room for his orchestration of the six-voice Ricercare from Bach’s Musical Offering.
Christoph von Dohnányi recorded these same two Strauss works with the Cleveland Orchestra for Decca in the early 1990s–an excellent performance that unfortunately did not
No major-label artists in the recording heyday of the late 1980s and early ’90s received shabbier treatment than Dohnányi and the Cleveland Orchestra. Sure, they
I had the great privilege of being present at a Carnegie Hall concert by these forces featuring the two works on this disc, along with
The prologue to this Ariadne, a Zurich opera house performance from December 2006, takes place in front of the curtain, on a bare stage and
Christoph von Dohnányi’s lean and athletic Dvorák Symphony No. 6 is at the opposite pole from the warm, romantic style typified by Karel Ancerl (type
