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Century Rolls is a piano concerto composed in 1996 for Emmanuel Ax and the Cleveland orchestra. Adams’ inspiration came while listening to recordings of player-pianos,
Disky’s budget Royal Long Players series normally touts back burner stuff–outdated performances of questionable artistic merit–but if you’re after ‘Grieg’s Greatest Hits’ and not troubled
I want to congratulate you on your improved sense of rhythm, John Barbirolli told his exuberant audience at this Proms Concert, given on August 9,
Some conductors improve with age, others burn out or decline, while some remain more or less at the same level. John Barbirolli definitely went into
This Dutton release from the Barbirolli Society allows us to compare the conductor’s 1956 stereo EMI recordings of the Introduction & Allegro for Strings and
Way back in 1960, John Barbirolli got together the combined Hallé and BBC Northern Symphony Orchestras and turned in this performance of Mahler’s then virtually
Joseph Szigeti’s 1928 Brahms Concerto is the most vibrant, controlled, and technically assured of his three studio versions. Always the musician’s violinist, Szigeti clarifies the
Mahler and Purcell: what an odd coupling. Sir John Barbirolli conducts both composers with mixed results. His own heavy-handed arrangement for strings, woodwinds, and horns
These Benno Moiseiwitsch rarities sound better in Bryan Crimp’s vivid transfers than previous CD incarnations. The legendary pianist enobles the Saint-Saëns Second Concerto with a
The late Romanian pianist Mindru Katz takes top honors with his polished and deeply musical Emperor Concerto, abetted by Barbirolli’s assertive yet supple support, with
