
Raise your hand if you really, truly need another, a new set of the nine Beethoven symphonies—the 176th* such cycle? No one? I thought so.
This is a very good performance of The Firebird, make no mistake. Jukka-Pekka Saraste has a keen feeling for the work’s atmospheric effects (the Magic
This live performance is generally well played (aside from a minor slip or two from the percussion) and naturally recorded. The generous depth of the
Alicia de Larrocha’s late-1970s recording of Beethoven’s Emperor concerto with Zubin Mehta and the Los Angeles Philharmonic stands as a solid and forthright contender in
There have been many fine recordings of the four Lemminkäinen Legends, not least an earlier one by Jukka-Pekka Saraste himself on RCA, coupled with the