Your guide to classical music online
Your guide to classical music online
I reviewed this performance when it appeared on Naxos (type Q66 in Search Reviews), and I feel much the same about it as I hear
This latest in Guild’s “Immortal Performances” series is hardly “immortal”, but it’s certainly worth a listen, and for historical recording fans, a purchase. It documents
Because these performances are relatively well known, I will limit myself to discussion of these new SACD incarnations. They are terrible. Abravanel’s Mahler recordings never
It’s a strange fact that conductors very well known for other kinds of music written in a very different style often do quite well by
These performances of Sibelius’ last three symphonies are a mixed bag, yet they have undeniable attractions. Maurice Abravanel manages a very satisfyingly heroic coda to
Maurice Abravanel’s Mahler Seventh comes very close to Michael Gielen’s, featuring swift tempos and analytical clarity of textures. His straightforward approach pays big dividends in
These performances have a lot to recommend them. Maurice Abravanel’s Sibelius always offers shapely, intelligent interpretations–and in some cases much more than that. This First
Jennie Tourel had a lovely voice, though it no longer seems as outstanding as it once did given the plethora of mezzos with which we
Maurice Abravanel’s Mahler Symphonies have been reissued on CD several times now, and they appear here at a new low price as part of Artemis
The recordings of Maurice Abravanel and the Utah Symphony offer a striking parallel to those of John Barbirolli and the Hallé Orchestra. Both feature first-rate
