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Deutsche Grammophon has at long last begun to reissue Rafael Kubelik’s 1970’s Beethoven cycle. While all three of Herbert von Karajan’s increasingly processed and denatured
Capriccio’s ongoing series of vocal and choral-cantata works of Shostakovich has unearthed some very interesting music, and a few gems as well. One of the
This is one of the best and most interesting CDs yet in Michail Jurowski’s ongoing Capriccio series. All three of these cycles are extremely strong
With such a popular and relatively well-represented work (keeping in mind that Haydn generally has been horribly treated by record companies), some comparisons are in
Three complete Hans Knappertsbusch Ring Cycles recorded live at the Bayreuth Festival exist via archival or broadcast tapes recorded at the performances. The 1957 and
Most listeners hear a strong Handelian influence in the music of William Boyce. It’s not surprising since at the time the much younger Boyce rose
This generously filled CD presents two of the best known Shostakovich works written to glorify the Stalin regime–flag-waving music that was carefully constructed to produce
Recorded at a December, 1949, performance, this Meistersinger has just about everything going for it. The sound is quite good for its provenance–better, in fact,
One of the last bastions of the German Romantic Derriere-Guard, Hans Pfitzner’s instrumental output has its fair share of turgid, orchestral essays and overwrought chamber
What a discovery! Two dramatic works for chorus and orchestra that approach almost anything Handel wrote. The cantata Der Herr ist König praises God in
