
The Bottom Line: Symphonies Nos. 2 and 3 are marvelous and have held up very well since the early ’60s; Nos. 1 and 4 not
Though not the dominant classical label it once was, the Deutsche Grammophon logo on a recording still bestows a certain prestige, a prestige that was
I don’t get it. A few years ago, EMI released
Nathan Milstein was without question one of the handful of
Houston, we have a problem. Not many know that Stokowski
William Steinberg’s Zarathustra always has been a personal favorite. Deutsche
William Steinberg only made three recordings for DG before his
Stokowski was such a fascinating character. In repertory pieces, he
For this new reissue, Milstein has become the “Aristocrat of
While this 20-disc set doesn’t quite comprise William Steinberg’s “complete” EMI recordings (among the missing are Tchaikovsky’s Fifth symphony and William Schuman’s Symphony for Strings),