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Originally this was released in 1951 in clear but somewhat shrill mono (in short, a typical Decca production of the period), and at this time
Georg Solti’s LSO performances bring the barbaric splendors of Prince Igor to life with unforgettable brilliance and magnetism, and the dash of scene-stealing overkill he
This 1971 recording of Bizet’s C major symphony under Jean Martinon has seldom been out of circulation during the past three decades. It’s an estimably
Paul Dukas’ Symphony in C has had relatively few champions, but none so great as Jean Martinon. This is arguably the finest performance of the
There may have been better played performances of Pacific 231 (Zinman’s recent Decca recording, for example), but Jean Martinon’s typically clear, expertly balanced effort reveals
The symphonies of Saint-Saëns remain sadly neglected, despite the theoretical popularity, on disc at least, of the Third and last–the so-called “Organ” Symphony. All of
Pierre Fournier’s accounts of the Lalo and Saint-Saëns cello concertos never have been surpassed in their elegance, musicality, naturalness of phrasing, and sense of logic.
Jean Martinon’s five-year tenure in Chicago following Fritz Reiner’s untimely death remains a controversial period in the orchestra’s history, at least from a public relations
