

Mahler and Purcell: what an odd coupling. Sir John Barbirolli conducts both composers with mixed results. His own heavy-handed arrangement for strings, woodwinds, and horns

Mozart’s piano concertos were hardly as ubiquitous on disc as they are today when Edwin Fischer made his pioneering recordings for HMV in the 1930s.

The late Romanian pianist Mindru Katz takes top honors with his polished and deeply musical Emperor Concerto, abetted by Barbirolli’s assertive yet supple support, with

The late John Barbirolli was a wonderful conductor, particularly of Elgar, and this performance of In the South, recorded in 1970, has all of the
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