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This live recording has a lot going for it. Petrenko leads a taut, disciplined, very well-played performance of the First Symphony. Tempos are swift, and
Thirty-three year old Latvian soprano Marina Rebeka is making quite a name for herself, singing Violetta, Leila (in Pearl Fishers), Donna Anna, Anna (in Maometto
Charles Mackerras was so impressive in such a wide range
There are a lot of performances of this remarkable symphony
I’m torn. When Hyperion released Mackerras’ second Beethoven cycle with
Great performances of this massive symphony aren’t exactly thick on
If you regard Rachmaninov’s Third Symphony as a decadent, nostalgic remnant of Czarist Russia, then you really should hear this performance. The music couldn’t sound
There are some pieces for which you want to have a score handy if you’re going to listen to them at all. Shostakovich’s Second Symphony
The Twelfth is not Shostakovich’s best symphony, but it’s not as bad as its detractors would have us believe. The first two movements in particular
Because first-rate Rachmaninov concerto cycles are the rule rather than the exception in the current catalog, any new contender must reach beyond mere surface perfection
