Kempe Broadcast

Collectors who know Rudolf Kempe through his EMI Dresden Staatskapelle recordings will likely be disappointed by this BBC broadcast concert. This orchestra is simply not

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GREAT VIOLIN CONCERTOS

Here’s another mixed bag from the Disky Communications reissue label, Royal Long Players, entitled “Great Violin Concertos”. That much, at least, is true; the same

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Kempe Bruckner 8 C

Recorded way back in 1971, this very fine Bruckner Eighth (Haas Edition) has enjoyed a checkered career on several labels. Perhaps this time it will

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Kempe Strauss

Rudolf Kempe’s benchmark Dresden Strauss recordings from the 1970s were previously available in three triple-CD budget boxed sets. The nine discs are now repackaged in

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Glagolitic/Kempe

Rudolph Kempe leads a grand and ceremonial reading of Janácek’s Glagolitic Mass with tempos tending to the slow side, imparting a feeling of solemnity to

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Kempe Mahler

Despite the virtues of Rudolf Kempe’s vibrant, persuasive 1965 BBC Mahler First, you have to wonder if its release will appeal to anyone other than

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