
According to Eloquence, Zubin Mehta’s 1976-1981 Schumann symphony cycle with the Vienna Philharmonic makes its first CD appearance here. It holds its own alongside three
If only there weren’t at least a half-dozen superb performances of this opera available it would be easier to get excited about this one, taped
This was recorded in 1972, and I recall being disappointed when it was released the following year. Time has done little to dull my disenchantment:
Nikolaj Znaider reminds me a bit of Viktoria Mullova, in that his abundant technique always is placed in the service of a sober, musicianly approach
Boris Belkin doesn’t shy away one bit from the showier aspects of Paganini’s echt-virtuoso Violin Concerto No. 1. Indeed, he’s only too happy to indulge
This fabulous and inexpensive set of Strauss tone poems, built around Zubin Mehta’s hyper-Romantic Los Angeles recordings, should find favor with anyone who cares about
This is Zubin Mehta’s second recorded version of these cornerstone works of Arnold Schoenberg’s pre-atonal period. The earlier readings, with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, were
Alicia de Larrocha’s late-1970s recording of Beethoven’s Emperor concerto with Zubin Mehta and the Los Angeles Philharmonic stands as a solid and forthright contender in
Midori’s Bartók Violin Concerto No. 2 hails from early in her performing career when the very fact that the teenage violinist met the work’s daunting
Zubin Mehta’s Ravel receives some predictably fine playing from the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Boléro really lets the individual members of the orchestra show off, and
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