
This fabulous and inexpensive set of Strauss tone poems, built around Zubin Mehta’s hyper-Romantic Los Angeles recordings, should find favor with anyone who cares about
István Kertesz was a pro when it came to this music, and even though the Israel Philharmonic in the early 1960s wasn’t the best of
Lorin Maazel’s bright and brash performances of Rhapsody in Blue, Cuban Overture, and American in Paris demonstrate his special affinity for the music of George
This collection gathers Neeme Järvi’s previously released George Chadwick recordings on one disc. Though Chadwick aimed to distinguish himself as a uniquely American composer, his
Neeme Järvi’s Ives Symphony recordings are now more usefully packaged together on a single disc rather than coupled with Barber orchestral works on the original
Disc 2 of this collection offers rare Josef Hofmann broadcast material that hasn’t appeared elsewhere on CD. By and large the performances confirm the great
Chandos’ repackaging of Neeme Järvi’s Barber recordings makes available on one disc what previously had been coupled with works by other American composers. Of course,
Neeme Järvi’s always at his best in brash, extrovert music. That makes his Milhaud exciting and his La Valse handsomely apocalyptic. Bolero, though good, lacks