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Alfred Brendel’s Mozart concerto recordings for Philips remain among the most respected modern interpretations of these works. This new compilation–Concertos Nos. 15 and 21 (performances
Fine-sounding middle-period Mozart symphonies from Neville Marriner and the ASMF comprise another bargain reissue from Eloquence. The earliest recording here, a 1971 “Haffner” symphony, was
This is a tough disc to evaluate. On the one hand, we have two absolutely outstanding performances: Britten’s own Simple Symphony, and Neville Marriner’s stunning
The coupling is a logical one: the cello concertos of Elgar and Walton, played by British cellist Julian Lloyd Webber, an empathetic artist with a
This Panorama release has quite a bit going for it: Lorin Maazel’s bracing and brilliant Firebird suite with the Berlin Radio Symphony (one of the
Disky’s budget Royal Long Players series normally touts back burner stuff–outdated performances of questionable artistic merit–but if you’re after ‘Grieg’s Greatest Hits’ and not troubled
The Israel Philharmonic, circa 1958, seemed better equipped to handle Tchaikovsky’s luxuriously upholstered textures than Dvorák’s exposed and rhythmically challenging string writing. Even under Rafael
I missed these Haenssler (here licensed to MHS) recordings on initial release a couple of years ago, and it was my loss. These are some
Neville Marriner’s Schumann cycle for Hänssler (and MHS) ranks among the finest work he has ever done, and certainly belongs among the reference editions of
For many years this was my favorite version of Vivaldi’s most popular work. When it first came out, it seemed fresh and alive, bursting with
