NDR Symphony Orchestra

Reference Recording: Hengelbrock’s Death-Defying Dvorák 4th

David Hurwitz

Yes, the Fourth! Singleton recordings of this symphony are simply […]

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CD From Hell: Eschenbach Trudges Through Hindemith

David Hurwitz

What is the deal with Christoph Eschenbach? His recent work

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Günter Wand’s 10 Best Recordings (video review)

David Hurwitz

Günter Wand spent the last decades of his life making

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Big Boxes: John Eliot Gardiner–The Sour Grapes Edition (Video Review)

David Hurwitz

The Bottom Line: As Gardiner remakes a lot of his

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Tennstedt Leads A Great “Eroica”

David Hurwitz

Tennstedt had a genuine affinity for this symphony. He left many live recordings, and his last official release from EMI consisted of the “Eroica” incongruously

Good Hindemith In Mediocre Sound

David Hurwitz

These are strong, vigorous live performances, intelligently programmed but compromised by surprisingly mediocre sonics. The Symphonic Metamorphosis has some strikingly characterful moments, especially the colorful

Reference Recording: From Wand’s Endless Bruckner Ninths, One Stands Out

David Hurwitz

Someday an intrepid grad student will write a thesis on

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Schubert’s Ninth: Which Wand?

David Hurwitz

Günter Wand recorded Schubert’s Ninth (officially) three times: in Cologne,

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Brahms: Symphonies/Wand

Jed Distler

What a Brahms cycle! Günter Wand’s fairly brisk tempos, astute sense of linear clarity, and palpable dynamic intensity often hold a modern-day sonic mirror to

Walter: Symphony in D minor/Botstein

David Hurwitz

Leon Botstein, champion of the unusual, turns in a fine performance of Bruno Walter’s grandiose, hour-long symphony. Listeners may well be curious about the degree