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Clemens Krauss’ early-1950s Vienna Philharmonic recordings of Strauss’ Ein Heldenleben and Also Sprach Zarathustra last appeared in Decca’s defunct Historic Series. Testament’s new transfers offer
Testament’s remastering is a marginal improvement over Decca’s deleted transfers of these early 1950s Strauss recordings. Even in their day, they faced strong competition. For
All the material on this disc appears for the first time on CD. From an engineering standpoint, Aus Italien stands out among Clemens Krauss’ Strauss
Whoever put together this Sibelius disc for the Decca Legends series really knew what they were doing, as these three performances are arguably the best
Though the title of this series is “Decca Legends”, the real legend here is Rafael Kubelik himself, and not these recordings. These performances are neither
Myung-Whun Chung previously has proven his affinity for Dvorák on two occasions: an excellent recording of Symphonies Nos. 7 and 8 for BIS, and later
Zubin Mehta invests Schubert’s teenage Symphony No. 1 with a weight and energy we would expect in a Beethoven symphony. The result is a powerful
With this two-CD set of Richard Strauss tone poems led by the composer, Music and Arts embarks on an extensive series culled from the collection
Stop it already! How much more live Hans Knappertsbusch material in terrible sound can the public tolerate? Here, for instance, is a 1964 concert rendition
Tchaikovsky’s Manfred Symphony has had precious few great recordings; luckily this is one of them. Lorin Maazel’s is a determined, rather than resigned, wanderer. Quicker
