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Neeme Järvi leads Babi Yar with his characteristic alacrity and intensity. The performance has a notable lightness of utterance and an overall sharp-edged quality that
Ilya Gringolts is one sensational violinist. From a purely technical point of view, the playing on offer here is nothing short of astounding. The performance
This is one of the best-played, least-gripping Tristans I’ve ever encountered. It isn’t often that by the fourth note of any grand piece of music
This magnificent tribute to a great artist who died tragically young belongs in the collections of, well, everyone, and there’s so much to enjoy that
This is a very handy three-disc set in spite of the fact that there are better individual recordings available for the major works included–especially Francesca
Anne Sofie von Otter headlines this entertaining disc of both famous and rarely-heard Offenbach excerpts, but it really smacks of the handiwork of Marc Minkowski,
Somebody at Deutsche Grammophon should be commended: this is one of the most intelligent and compelling releases to appear in the “Originals” series so far.
Leonard Bernstein’s New York Philharmonic recordings offer an irresistible energy and rhythmic “swing”. On the other hand, these remakes have a lot going for them:
The Amadeus Quartet was one of the premier chamber ensembles for much of its 40-year life, its members refugees from Vienna who landed on their
This is a wonderful collection in which Oliver Knussen and a clearly “up for the party” Cleveland Orchestra have a great time with Stokowski’s over-the-top
