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These performances deserve all of the food adjectives: scorching, smoking, […]
This is a remarkable live performance of a very difficult symphony. Manfred Honeck is a real conductor, and by that I mean he has both
This is not an easy set to evaluate. Zdenek Mácal has recorded these symphonies before, with the Milwaukee Symphony on Koss. Those were very nice
While symphonies Nos. 31 and 72 are noteworthy for their extravagant horn and other concertante writing, they aren’t easy works to interpret owing to their
With his rhythmic exactitude, robust tone, and perfectly balanced chords Alexander Gavrylyuk makes plain he has the technical chops to bring off Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto
Prokofiev’s rare The Ugly Duckling is the sole item of interest on this disc. Composed just prior to his opera The Gambler, it shares much
There is absolutely nothing special about this CD, either sonically or interpretively. Ashkenazy’s tempos are swift, but his shaping of both works isn’t in any
There’s some fine playing here. In the First concerto Alexander Gavrylyuk displays impressive technique and a remarkably light touch in the work’s many quick passages.
Another great Mahler Fourth–talk about being spoiled for choice! This is in some ways a heavily inflected performance, but only where Mahler offers the opportunity.
Talk about a waste! Vladimir Ashkenazy recorded some excellent Rachmaninov for Decca, with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, including my reference recording of the First Symphony.
