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This performance of the Eighth Symphony has some masterful touches. The entire first movement has plenty of freshness and rhythmic drive. The English horn solo
The Violin Concerto is arguably Brahms’ finest work in the concerto medium. He was always at his best when facing a serious musical challenge, in
Yakov Kreizberg usually is a reliable conductor, so these lackluster performances come as a surprise. They have no positive qualities whatsoever. The Flying Dutchman lacks
This so-called “Best of Brahms” collection begins with Jaap van Zweden’s rather faceless and lackluster rendition of the Fourth Symphony, wherein the Netherlands Philharmonic offers
Yakov Kreizberg conducts really fine performances of these two repertoire favorites. Although the “New World” Symphony gets relatively traditional treatment (big slow-down for the first
It’s so good to see that new releases on SACD aren’t limited to standard repertoire, and this excellent performance of Franz Schmidt’s masterful Fourth Symphony
The fate of Dutch composer Leo Smit (1900-43), who died in a Nazi concentration camp, is made to seem even more tragic by the appearance
