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These are classic performances, even if they are not necessarily “the best” at this date. Still, they have more than enough unique features for collectors
As serious record collectors will already know, Serge Baudo made some outstanding recordings of French repertoire with the Czech Philharmonic (the Honegger symphonies in particular),
This album of Old Czech Marches (old in the sense of being classics of their kind) serves to illustrate just how little the form varied
Václav Talich leads a rather straightforward “Pathétique” that emphasizes the score’s musical structure over its emotional content. Tempos are pretty much standard (the performance’s overall
Disagreeing with Vaclav Talich over a Dvorák performance is like taking the composer himself to task, but the fact is that the illustrious Czech conductor
Vaclav Neumann’s Mahler credentials were impeccable; indeed, had he not been trapped in communist-controlled Europe for much of his career, he might well have been
What do we look for in a great Alpine Symphony? Certainly there’s little depth or insight that a conductor can bring to the music, nor
This disc offers more than you might expect. Rafael Kubelik’s DG recording of the Serenade for Strings always has been one of the best: shapely,
If you have Václav Talich’s recording of the Slavonic Dances in its previous Supraphon incarnation, hang onto it! Whether as a result of tape deterioration
The chief virtue of this set is the distinctive sound of the Czech Philharmonic, whose fabled clarity and ensemble balance elucidates Brahms’ allegedly “thick” orchestral
