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John Barbirolli’s Vienna Philharmonic Brahms Second and Third symphonies date from the mid-1960s. At the start of the D major Second symphony cellos and basses
Disky’s budget Royal Long Players series normally touts back burner stuff–outdated performances of questionable artistic merit–but if you’re after ‘Grieg’s Greatest Hits’ and not troubled
In 1997 APR brought out unissued live broadcast performances of the Tchaikovsky First and Rachmaninov Third Concertos featuring pianist Vladimir Horowitz, with Barbirolli conducting the
I just don’t understand the folks at BBC Legends. Some of their releases (the Britten: The Performer series, for example) give eloquent testimony to the
I want to congratulate you on your improved sense of rhythm, John Barbirolli told his exuberant audience at this Proms Concert, given on August 9,
Some conductors improve with age, others burn out or decline, while some remain more or less at the same level. John Barbirolli definitely went into
This Dutton release from the Barbirolli Society allows us to compare the conductor’s 1956 stereo EMI recordings of the Introduction & Allegro for Strings and
Robert Casadesus’ reputation has faded in the years since his 1972 death, perhaps because his often understated, aristocratic pianism lacked the flashy virtuosity of some
Way back in 1960, John Barbirolli got together the combined Hallé and BBC Northern Symphony Orchestras and turned in this performance of Mahler’s then virtually
Although a well-loved character in Britain, Sir John Barbirolli was a maddeningly inconsistent conductor who was very much at the mercy of his musicians. Though
