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These performances of the Frank Bridge Variations and the Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra by Steuart Bedford (taken from the old Collins Classics catalog)
No less a musical authority than composer/author/educator Gunther Schuller, in his provocative book The Compleat Conductor, hails Antal Dorati as one of the great Beethoven
Problems abound in this knowingly prepared, but logy, low-energy performance. The lilting string accents in the Scherzo are offset by the out-of-tune opening horn motive.
There have been about a dozen recordings of Bluebeard’s Castle; it is ideally suited to the medium. Every production of it I have seen has
Bartók’s Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion is one of his most impressive works, bracing in its intensity. Unfortunately, Bartók’s reworking of the piece as
In 1967 and 1969, en route to becoming the leading soprano of the 1970s, Montserrat Caballé recorded a trio of “rarity” discs for RCA, each
The chief distinguishing feature of this release is the recorded sound. Telarc has ideally captured a really natural balance between piano and orchestra. You really
The producers of DG’s Liszt Panorama collection chose their selections well. Both showmanship and refinement characterize Herbert von Karajan’s exciting, gorgeously executed Liszt Les Preludes
Árpád Joó leads a highly enjoyable Ravel program that features stellar playing by the London Symphony Orchestra. Joó’s Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 2 sports
Mahler’s Second Symphony is so colorful and so well stage-managed that it’s possible to find great performances by conductors who aren’t specialists in this repertoire.
