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Great news! Arkivmusic.com has gotten its “on demand” hands on the Japanese RCA Ormandy Edition, making these recordings available in North America at far saner
Eugene Ormandy’s version of Ives’ Second Symphony might best be described as “fat and heavy”, at least as regards the second movement. Indeed, there’s little
These are two very fine performances. Ormandy proves himself to be surprisingly exciting in Nevsky, particularly in the first half of The Battle on the
This disc contains two of Eugene Ormandy’s finest recorded performances for RCA, and significantly he recorded neither of these pieces for CBS/Sony. The Shostakovich is
This Japanese RCA reissue, available on demand from Arkivmusic.com, features a majestic and gorgeously played “New World” symphony, with an impressively lyrical Largo and powerful
Eugene Ormandy’s gutsy, raw, and edgy opening to Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony comes as a bit of a shock after hearing the recent, rather anemic version
It’s about time that Sony/BMG paid tribute to one of the best-selling classical artists of all time. Hard-core collectors may carp that most of this
This is a far more imposing Symphonie fantastique than the one Ormandy recorded earlier for Sony (type Q4961 in Search Reviews). Here the Philadelphia Orchestra’s
Let’s start with the tone poems. These always have been great performances. En Saga, with its acres of string ostinatos, surges with energy made all
This is a slower, weightier Prokofiev Symphony No. 5 than the one Eugene Ormandy recorded for CBS in 1961. His 1972 recording (for RCA) also
