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These performances have been packaged tons of different ways over […]
There have been some bad Bruckner Ninths popping up recently,
Colin Davis’ blundering through Bruckner continues with this comatose reading
What unnecessary performances these are. They aren’t bad, exactly, and I’m sure that if you had attended the concert you would have found them enjoyable.
All questions of “period this” and “historical that” aside, there
Okay, finally, here is Colin Davis’ Sibelius from Boston, all
These are for the most part very good performances. The First Symphony fares best. The outer movements have the necessary guts in terms of accentuation,
This is a fine performance of the Schubert “Unfinished” symphony. Colin Davis draws on the tonal resources of the Dresden Staatskapelle to produce a rich
The performance of the symphony is a reissue, previously reviewed and earning only a “7” overall. Hearing it again confirms my original view of it
Ugh! So slow! were Vladimir Horowitz’s reactions to Claudio Arrau’s measured, ruminative Beethoven selections featured here. Once you accept the Chilean pianist’s unhurried, Furtwänglerian aesthetic,
