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[A re-post in remembrance of Ned Rorem, 1923-2022] This is a very easy call: marvelous music, exceptional performances, top-notch engineering–it all adds up to the
José Serebrier’s several discs of Stokowski transcriptions for Naxos were very successful, as this well-chosen selection reminds us. Stoki was not really a “great” orchestrator,
This recording is billed as the first totally, absolutely complete
Shostakovich’s film music has received a lot of attention recently,
I wish I liked this performance more than I do.
Glazunov’s symphonies hover on the edge of the repertoire. You
José Serebrier is such a good conductor that anything that’s less than very good comes as something of a shock—but his ongoing Dvorák cycle has
The only other serious competition in this repertoire, and it’s not as complete as this release (the Aida items are missing), is an old Philips
Early on in his recording career José Serebrier recorded a very good Dvorák Eighth in Australia (issued on RCA), so his affinity for this music
José Serebrier recorded his suite from Carmen, called “Carmen Symphony”, for BIS. This wind band version works perfectly well, and the arrangement is as effective
