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This release represents one answer to the difficult question of what a top orchestra can do to make new recordings of the basic repertoire, now
The Philadelphia Orchestra’s first two releases for Ondine under Christoph Eschenbach (Bartók and Tchaikovsky) were extremely good, no doubt about it, but this Mahler Sixth
After a very good Tchaikovsky Fifth symphony and a so-so Fourth, Christoph Eschenbach and the Philadelphia Orchestra have hit a home run with the Pathétique.
Had James Levine finished his Mahler cycle with Nos. 2 and 8 it might well have been the finest available. Rehearing these performances it’s amazing
Thanks to Arkivmusic.com’s “on demand” program this Japanese RCA title is available domestically, and it’s an important one. Yes, the sonics are nothing to write
This is a mixed bag. The Francesa da Rimini is wonderful, as Christoph Eschenbach–and the Philadelphia strings–really wring out the work’s drama and emotion, especially
Although William Kapell left studio recordings of these concertos in the course of his tragically short career, these live counterparts, issued for the first time,
As Wolfgang Sawallisch turns over the reins of the Philadelphia Orchestra to his colleague Christophe Eschenbach, he leaves behind this worthy memento of his devotion
Okay, you’re not going to find the insane intensity of Rostropovich/Vishnevskaya/Reshetin in Ormandy’s Fourteenth symphony, but as you might expect, this Western premiere recording is
Eugene Ormandy recorded Zarathustra a whole bunch of times for at least three labels: CBS, RCA, and EMI (the last time an early digital recording).
