
Carlo Maria Giulini had a remarkable career. Not known for […]
The Bottom Line: Yet another celebration of Stravinsky’s 50th deathiversary,
As with cocaine from a dodgy dealer, you never know what you get with Daniele Gatti: An enormous high or a bum experience. Whereas my
Originally coupled to his excellent versions of Dvorák’s Symphonies 7-9
The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra has several recordings of this music under its belt, including two fine ones from Haitink on (formerly) Philips. This one sucks.
Familiarity breeds contempt, evidently. This is Jansons’ third recording of
Jansons’ first recording of Prokofiev’s Fifth, with the Leningrad Philharmonic for Chandos, was nothing special, and neither is this remake. New recordings of this symphony
Bernstein’s Universal boxes have, on the whole, been more intelligently
Don’t you just hate it when an otherwise worthwhile collection
The deluge of Bruckner symphony releases continues, having all of the appeal and value for the recording industry of a bloom of jellyfish clogging the