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Debussy’s only opera has fared very well on recordings, and this set stands tall even within that framework. As you might expect, Herbert von Karajan
The disc opens with Claudio Abbado’s fleet and unsentimental Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, in which he emphasizes the work’s cool beauty. Nocturnes
It’s difficult to comprehend the A&R decision to release this particular version of Mozart’s Requiem–the second of three commercially recorded versions Herbert von Karajan made
Eugen Jochum maintained a remarkable interpretive consistency over the course of his Bruckner symphony recordings, especially regarding the Ninth. Whereas Gunter Wand could greatly alter
These performances, from a 1970’s 4-LP set of Second Viennese School composers, are some of Herbert von Karajan’s finest. Here we find the conductor’s particular
(Sung to the opening measures of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony): “Avoid this disc! Don’t take the risk! These two performances have been released before In better
This Eroica performance finds Kempe sounding noticeably more Beethovenian than he did in a companion Testament release of the composer’s overtures. His is a big,
Rudolf Kempe leads rather pedestrian accounts of these Beethoven overtures, which is surprising considering his conductorial wizardry in the music of Richard Strauss. The flair
Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique ought to suit Rudolf Kempe to a tee, and he does some things that are marvelous: the way he floats the second-movement
I’m going to go out on a limb and call this the finest Brahms concerto since Heifetz/Reiner or Oistrakh/Klemperer (or Szell), and it’s all the
