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It’s good to be able to report that Pierre Boulez ends his protracted Mahler Symphony cycle (the first installment appeared in 1995) on a decided
This performance is almost fabulous, and I suspect the reasons for its shortcomings stem largely from the still risky business (especially in Mahler) of recording
This is a magnificent and tremendously intelligent performance. Daniel Barenboim has wisely waited to record Mahler, and has done so very selectively (his Fifth Symphony
Finally reissued as a boxed set, albeit stripped of the shorter orchestral works that came attached to a couple of the symphonies, Otmar Suitner’s Dvorák
Volatile temperament and fiendish commitment crackles through every bar of violinist Bronislaw Huberman’s oft-reissued Tchaikovsky and Beethoven Concertos, respectively recorded in 1928 and 1934. However
Aside from the lovely, fragile, beautifully sung Violetta of Mirella Freni, her coloratura in place, “Amami Alfredo” grandly expressive, and final act wonderfully nuanced, this
For the most part, this is the Dresden version of Tannhäuser, although the sirens’ song after the overture borrows from the Paris edition. (For the
This is another disc in Berlin Classics’ series of early Haydn symphonies, excellently played by the Staatskapelle Berlin under the alert and stylistically true direction
Music and Arts has licensed a wealth of German Radio broadcasts dating from the 1930s and 1940s. Much of this material is being issued for
With a dozen Fidelios on the market, this one doesn’t really have much of a chance, nor does it have particularly grand appeal. Barenboim’s leadership
