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Elgar’s Violin Concerto has a certain mystique about it independent of the knee-jerk obeisance it has received in the British press. It probably is the
This was bad repertoire selection. I love Rostropovich’s Shostakovich, and I love the LSO in this work, but you can have Rostropovich in far better
Dating from the 1960s and ’70s, Stephen Kovacevich’s complete Beethoven recordings for Philips are gathered together in a budget-priced boxed set. His objective, somewhat cool
A few decades from now, someone will put together a series of recordings devoted to “the greatest tenors of the 21st century”. Will Ben Heppner
All of Steuart Bedford’s Britten recordings are excellent, and this one is no exception. The most important item here is the suite from Gloriana, a
In 1977, when this very fine recording was made, Claudio Abbado was at his absolute peak as an opera conductor. His reading is full of
Star Wars fans–and lovers of symphonic film music in general–won’t be disappointed as John Williams continues the high level of imagination he has shown over
This 1967 Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto is more or less contemporaneous with Itzhak Perlman’s other recording made with Erich Leinsdorf and the Boston Symphony (type Q7689
Obviously, EMI wanted this recording to complete its Rattle Mahler cycle–heaven knows why, because it’s the least interesting, least insightful, most poorly played and worst-recorded
The passage of time hasn’t eroded the impact of these vital performances one iota since they first appeared in the early 1930s. Modern listeners, to
