
Well, Schubert and Mendelssohn hardly qualify as “later tradition,” but […]
When we think of Beecham and “English Music,” we really
If the word that comes to mind in considering Klemperer’s
Do you know the “Chorus of Dervishes” from Beethoven’s incidental
This muddy-sounding air check from September 19, 1958 is being touted as a rare opportunity to hear the fine Dutch soprano Gré Brouwenstijn as Fidelio,
Margherita Grandi (né Margaret Gard) was an Australian spinto soprano who certainly lived up to her adopted name, with a big, powerful voice and temperament
These recordings offer an excellent opportunity to hear an authentic French orchestral sound, something increasingly rare today. Thomas Beecham puts the French National Radio Orchestra’s
The centerpiece of this 2-CD release is the Brünnhilde of Frida Leider, whose recording career took place mostly in the pre-electrical age, and so the
EMI’s Grieg two-fer offers a generous sampling of the composer’s orchestral works, with a few piano pieces thrown in for good measure. Paavo Berglund leads
Compared to EMI’s 1992 CD reissue of Thomas Beecham’s 1959 Franck and Lalo symphonies, Andrew Walter’s remastering for the label’s Great Artists of the Century