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Eugene Ormandy’s gutsy, raw, and edgy opening to Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony comes as a bit of a shock after hearing the recent, rather anemic version
Sony/BMG’s second Vladimir Horowitz Original Jacket edition draws on the piano legend’s RCA Victor recordings, dating from the late 1920s up through his 1982 London
It’s about time that Sony/BMG paid tribute to one of the best-selling classical artists of all time. Hard-core collectors may carp that most of this
This is a far more imposing Symphonie fantastique than the one Ormandy recorded earlier for Sony (type Q4961 in Search Reviews). Here the Philadelphia Orchestra’s
Let’s start with the tone poems. These always have been great performances. En Saga, with its acres of string ostinatos, surges with energy made all
This is a slower, weightier Prokofiev Symphony No. 5 than the one Eugene Ormandy recorded for CBS in 1961. His 1972 recording (for RCA) also
Biddulph’s reissue of Zino Francescatti’s recordings continues with this well-filled disc of virtuoso showpieces, most of them encore favorites. All were made between 1947 and
Eugene Ormandy leads a straightforward Scottish Symphony, with moderate tempos and simple phrasing. It certainly features little of the emotional volatility that Ormandy’s protégé and
Glière’s “Il’ya Muromets” Symphony, with its lush string textures, lively woodwind writing, and numerous brass exhortations, might seem tailor-made for the Philadelphia Orchestra, and Eugene
At the time it was first issued, this was one of the better Manfreds, coming from a distinguished Tchaikovsky conductor. While we’re still waiting for
