
Despite outstanding recordings, indeed reference versions, by the likes of […]
Antal Dorati’s association with Mercury Living Presence helped to establish
Dimitri Mitropoulos is often described as a victim–of his sexuality,
This Mendelssohn disc is arguably of lesser historic importance than others in the Mercury catalog. Peter Maag’s contemporaneous recordings of the Third and Fourth Symphonies
Probably the most important aspect of DG’s Panorama series is that it makes available on CD (alas all too infrequently) recordings long thought lost forever.
This well-programmed and excellently produced reissue traces the progression of Eugene Ormandy’s early career from Broadway pit orchestra violinist and conductor to music director of
Byron Janis was at his height in the late 1950s and early 1960s, when these splendid performances were recorded. His coiled virtuosity and imaginative yet