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This new label from Allegro Corp., Moscow Studio Archives, features some gems from the old Melodiya catalog, including this Pictures at an Exhibition that must
You would expect Soviet-era orchestras to provide bracing performances of Borodin’s quintessentially Russian symphonies, and in many ways Evgeny Svetlanov and the USSR Symphony deliver
They don’t make ’em like this anymore. Ferociously vulgar, full of self-regarding rubato, with whopping cuts in the scherzo and finale, this 1985 live recording
Holy cow! A BBC “Legend” actually worthy of the name! There have been a few–some fine piano recitals (Richter, Michelangeli) or that Giulini Verdi Requiem–but
The two Shostakovich violin concertos hardly suffer from lack of excellent modern recordings, as Ilya Kaler (Naxos), Lydia Mordkovitch (Chandos), Dimitry Sitkovetsky (Virgin), and several
Sviatoslav Richter was possibly the greatest Prokofiev pianist who ever lived. He had a unique way of unlocking the music’s pianistic beauty and poignant lyricism
Focusing on Ernest Bloch’s most famous Jewish pieces, this CD could have been a major event, but instead it comes as a disappointment. It’s hard
