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Here’s a real gem of a reissue, courtesy of Australian Eloquence. Pizzetti’s incidental suite for La Pisanella is a delicious essay in exoticism somewhat along
Once you get past the boxy, tubby mono sound afforded Symphonies 28, 29, & 34 (assuming you can get past it), you have to contend
Charles Dutoit leads a rather tepid Poulenc Gloria, with slowish tempos, stiff phrasing, and soft-edged articulation that tends to diminish the music’s supposedly celebratory nature.
Paul Kletzki leads a fleet and nervy Rachmaninov Symphony No. 2 that emphasizes the music’s surface passion while holding firm to its underlying structure. The
Walter Weller’s idiosyncratic Symphony No. 1 makes its welcome first appearance on CD. This is a highly volatile rendition, with Weller keenly attuned to the
Finally making its appearance on CD, Paul Kletzki’s 1969 Rachmaninov Third emerges as one of the finest-ever recordings of this work. Everything falls into place
There’s plenty of color and sparkle in Georg Solti’s Gaité Parisienne, leading as he does with his characteristic energy and consummate sense of style. The
This bizarre release couples a performance of the complete sung and played music from Peer Gynt, recorded in Geneva in 2000, with the necessary dialogue
Available internationally for the first time on CD, Lorin Maazel’s Tchaikovsky Third Suite always has been one of his finest recordings with the Vienna Philharmonic.
Jérusalem is Verdi’s 1847 Paris rewrite of I Lombardi, composed four years earlier. He made extensive revisions, dropping scenes and characters to give more coherence
