
There’s little that need detain us here: Adrian Boult rerecorded both symphonies for EMI in the 1960s, in excellent sound with a much more polished
Releases like this one make you wonder if record company executives imagine their product will sit prominently displayed in the store, indefinitely, and never be
As Leonard Bernstein did with the Vienna Philharmonic, Klaus Tennstedt was able to take an orchestra with little history in performing Mahler and get it
Despite Adrian Boult’s reputation as an English music specialist and his advocacy of Vaughan Williams in particular, the later efforts of more assertive, disciplined, and
Paul Tortelier’s 1973 Elgar cello concerto with Adrian Boult and the London Philharmonic still holds its own among today’s available recordings. You could always expect
This 1977 recording of the Mahler First made for an auspicious beginning to Klaus Tennstedt’s generally fine complete symphony cycle. Now, as then, what immediately
It’s easy to forget these days that Christoph Eschenbach first made his mark as a pianist, and a good one at that. On this Unesco
This is an album of some very beautiful, warm, sensitive, and occasionally very powerful singing. Karita Mattila has had a successful worldwide career and has
Yes, famous Italian conductor Victor De Sabata was a composer too, and no, he wasn’t a good one. Despite the rather pretentious titles and the
These performances, captured in good, clear mono sound, preserve Adrian Boult’s finest interpretations of both symphonies. His later EMI recordings feature an LPO in generally