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Alert, bright playing, total professionalism, an idiomatic way and comfort with the score–it’s amazing how little these things matter when inspiration and great (or appropriate)
Ferenc Fricsay’s Tchaikovsky Fourth is one of the gems of Deutsche Grammophon’s mono era. The performance radiates a vitality and freshness that demonstrates this somewhat
Géza Anda (1921-1976) has received considerable posthumous attention on disc. The bulk of his 1950s EMI catalog is available on Testament, while DG reissued his
Ferenc Fricsay’s 1953/54 recordings of Le sacre du printemps and Petrouchka hold their own even by today’s hi-tech standards for their wide dynamic range and
This pairing should be familiar from LP days and from a previous reissue. The new remastering in DG’s The Originals series makes for cleaner, less
This magnificent tribute to a great artist who died tragically young belongs in the collections of, well, everyone, and there’s so much to enjoy that
Ferenc Fricsay’s star shone briefly–for a decade-and-a-half–after World War II, when he scored successes in Berlin and Salzburg and recorded for DG. However, this entry
This 1949 RIAS performance of Abduction has much to recommend it, as well as a few problems. Ferenc Fricsay is a superb Mozartean, capable of
Having enjoyed this performance for many years in its LP incarnation, rehearing it on CD brings a measure of disappointment. All three soloists sing very
A classic! Fricsay’s “New World” remains one of the most passionate and spontaneous available. Its noteworthy features include a really dramatic opening movement, a gorgeously
