

Despite the virtues of Rudolf Kempe’s vibrant, persuasive 1965 BBC Mahler First, you have to wonder if its release will appeal to anyone other than

Sviatoslav Richter’s London debut at Royal Festival Hall in 1961 was broadcast by the BBC, and is included here in its entirety, along with material

As impossible as it seems, orchestral wizard Leopold Stokowski neglected Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique throughout most of his long career. This 1968 live recording with the

Although these live concerto performances don’t add new repertoire to Clifford Curzon’s slender discography, they reveal an unfettered, spontaneous side to this sensitive artist that

These famous performances finally appear in their definitive form, in sound which is so fine that there’s no need at all to apologize for the

The unpredictable Sir Thomas Beecham triumphs with one of the most cohesively satisfying versions of this ambitious opus on record, recorded live in 1959. Abetted

The late John Barbirolli was a wonderful conductor, particularly of Elgar, and this performance of In the South, recorded in 1970, has all of the
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