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Best known for his gripping conducting in the fabled EMI Callas/La Scala Tosca, Victor de Sabata made pitifully few discs of purely orchestral repertoire, all
This CD is comprised of six orchestral songs composed by Richard Strauss between 1896 and 1906 (some were orchestrated later) and the Four Last Songs
Carl Schuricht’s 78s from the 1930s and ’40s are at last getting their long-playing due. His Berlin “Eroica” sounds a shade more impactive and fuller
The visionary power, dramatic potency, and titanic flow of Furtwängler’s wartime Beethoven symphony performances add up to listening experiences demanding as much as they reward.
Karl Muck (1859-1940) was chiefly regarded as a Wagner specialist, particularly for his conducting of Parsifal. All the recordings he made from the opera are
Emil Gilels’ 1972 Brahms B-flat Concerto significantly differs from the pianist’s hard driving 1958 Chicago recording with Reiner. Tempos are slower, while the pianism stresses
Disc one begins with crown jewels from Wilhelm Kempff’s early-1950s Beethoven sonata cycle, played with gentle flair, stylish bite, and caressing micro-nuances. The pianist’s more
Carl Schuricht’s mono Beethoven cycle for EMI in the late 1950s was preceded by a near-complete traversal with various orchestras during the 78 era. Despite
Whatever curse that has made Claudio Abbado and Berlin one of the most interpretively comatose musical partnerships in the world certainly seems to be working
