
Leopold Stokowski was music director of the Cincinnati Symphony from 1909 to 1912, some time before he created his series of orchestral transcriptions, 11 of
Some people sniff at the idea of Aaron Copland being one of the great 20th century composers, citing the easy popularity of his most famous
The Merry Mount Suite has enjoyed a fair number of recordings, and it’s a lovely piece, with an attractive love duet and a plenty of
Erich Kunzel’s new Vintage Cinema film music collection will have obvious appeal for film buffs who have actually seen these celluloid classics (if you haven’t,
Telarc’s new Russian orchestral works collection offers the usual serving of the standard repertoire but also spices up the collection with such items as Liadov’s
Telarc calls this album “Favorite Selections”, but a more appropriate labeling would be “Almost the Nutcracker”, for it contains all but two numbers (and half
The Cincinnati Pops is splendid here in excerpts from three genre-leading fantasy and science-fiction film series. Erich Kunzel, something of a genre-leader himself, directs with
Miklós Rósza’s music usually constituted one of the more compelling aspects of the films he scored. This is especially the case in his Biblical epics,
Erich Kunzel’s highly enjoyable ballet album offers a wide sampling of music from the 19th and early 20th centuries. Naturally the emphasis is on French
This re-release of Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture with Erich Kunzel and the Cincinnati Symphony is not to be confused with Telarc’s more recent version (type Q3406