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These are fleet and economical Brahms performances, influenced by period performance practice (as evidenced by that style’s sawed-off phrase endings). The orchestral balance favors the
Two of the works on this disc appeared previously on Koch’s collection of Boyer’s orchestral music: Celebration Overture and Three Olympians (as in residents of
These performances are uniformly outstanding. Alicia de Larrocha’s natural feel
It goes without saying that the Decca “complete” Krauss recordings
Recordings of Das Lied von der Erde have been coming
If we didn’t already know that Bernard Haitink has no
There are some great things in Haitink’s Shostakovich cycle, specifically
Having gone back and listened to this disc while in
RCA’s Elgar box is one of the finest sets in