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The Gilels/Ormandy Chopin E minor concerto mainly impresses for its surface sheen. As a Chopinist, Gilels was not the colorist and tone poet Arthur Rubinstein
There are two gems in this collection: the stunningly-transferred 1934 Scheherazade (you won’t believe how marvelous it sounds), and the similarly fine-sounding New World Symphony
Recorded in 1994 and released in 2001 (so far only in Japan), this Shostakovich Fourth is all that exists of what originally was announced as
These performances date from the pioneer years of digital recording, a technology that EMI quickly exploited (though not as fast as some of its rivals)
What makes Sviatoslav Richter’s famous Sofia performance of Pictures at an Exhibition so special isn’t so much its virtuosity and brilliance as it is the
Most newcomers appreciate some form of listening guide to Stravinsky’s ballets, and the absence of music notes and recording data often is a downside with
The highlight of Volume 3 of this Naxos series devoted to the concerto recordings of Fritz Kreisler is an extraordinary 1915 (yes, I really do
Even in its day, Rachmaninov’s 1929 recording of his popular Second Concerto was not quite state-of-the-art, sound wise. However, its newest sonic facelift via the
The Fourth Symphony was a high point in Riccardo Muti’s fine Tchaikovsky Symphony cycle with the Philharmonia Orchestra, recorded in the late 1970s. Muti’s Philadelphia
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
