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This 1972 Mahler First, the second of Bernard Haitink’s two studio recordings with the Concertgebouw Orchestra, features more insightful conducting and more characterful playing, albeit
Zubin Mehta’s 1976 Alpine Symphony is one of the classic renditions of this much maligned work. This is a big-hearted, no-holds-barred reading that leaps from
Karl Böhm’s epic tread through the Fourth Symphony’s sunny fields may be the high point of the Austrian maestro’s early 1970s Beethoven cycle, originally issued
This generous compilation presents Sibelius’ popular Violin Concerto along with some of his lesser-known works. Boris Belkin pulls out all the stops and then some
Zubin Mehta’s Dvorak Seventh features some outstanding playing from the Israel Philharmonic, especially the horns, and is recorded with remarkable richness and depth. His interpretation
These are very romantic, traditional Schubert performances, but none the worse for that. Herbert Blomstedt takes the Fifth Symphony at comfortable tempos throughout, emphasizing the
Tchaikovsky’s ever popular ballet suites are generously coupled on this Eloquence disc. While Ernest Ansermet is not a name that comes readily to mind when
By chance, I encountered a review in a highly respected classical music magazine that all but condemned to damnation Geza Anda’s recording of Mozart’s C
Under Karl Böhm’s exacting leadership, Beethoven’s first two symphonies breathe classicism and sobriety in every bar. While the C major Symphony’s tempos tend toward the
Eloquence has reissued some of Géza Anda’s 1960s Mozart concerto cycle in individual, budget priced installments. Anda was the first pianist to record all 27
