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Jennie Tourel had a lovely voice, though it no longer seems as outstanding as it once did given the plethora of mezzos with which we
George Szell certainly merits inclusion in a series devoted to the last century’s great conductors, but this collection tells us little we didn’t already know
I don’t understand Sony. Thomas Schippers’ recording of Alexander Nevsky is terrific; it has enjoyed a reasonably large following over the years, and an excellent
Despite having already released Boulez’s La Valse in SACD two-channel stereo, Sony now has opted to put it back in the company of its original
Though Erica Morini recorded both of these warhorses in the studio (the Tchaikovsky twice, in fact), these previously unreleased live performances reveal the extent to
This beautifully remastered multichannel issue of Leonard Bernstein’s second recording of Tchaikovsky’s Fourth leaps from the speakers in a manner almost unrecognizable from its previous
There’s no such thing as a “definitive” recording, but if there were, this one would come close to that imagined ideal. Its special qualities haven’t
As a conductor, Dimitri Mitropoulos very much resembled a sort of younger version of Furtwängler, albeit with a predilection for modern music. When he was
Lenny’s first recording of Sibelius’ epic Second Symphony is one of the great ones: taut, exciting as hell, ideally timed, and very well played and
All conductors have their hits and misses, but of all the great conductors who recorded (and rerecorded) tons of standard repertoire, I can’t think of
