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If you already own Dvorák’s tone poems performed by Kubelik (DG), Neumann (Supraphon), or Harnoncourt (Warner), and you’re perfectly happy with them, you probably don’t
You might think that these performances can’t possibly compete with the more illustrious versions by various Czech conductors and orchestras, but you would be wrong.
As a Strauss conductor, David Zinman’s interests lie more with making sense of the composer’s complex linear strands than reveling in his dazzling sonorities and
Trumpeter Jeffrey Segal may not have the name recognition of Maurice André or Wynton Marsalis, but he turns in virtuoso performances of the Haydn and
The very quick tempo that opens the Gershwin is deceptive: this is a relaxed but never slack reading of the Concerto in F, at least
Even given today’s engorged, excessively duplicated CD catalogue, it’s surprising to encounter new recordings of Hans Rott’s Symphony No. 1. The work’s rediscovery caused a
These are surprisingly good performances, despite the fact that most listeners will be unfamiliar with the performers. Certainly the St. Gallen orchestra lacks the tonal
This disc offers not only spectacular performances of some great (and with one exception, uncommon) repertoire, but also gives a clear look at an important
Simplicity without banality, wit that avoids parody, charm that doesn’t cloy, and forms that offer clarity without stiffness: these are the hallmarks of the classical
Although we can’t accuse Weber’s four piano sonatas of overrepresentation on disc, the competition is fierce enough to ward off all but the most imaginative,
