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Released for the first time (I believe), Carl Schuricht’s live 1961 Beethoven Ninth from Stuttgart follows a brisk and direct interpretive path familiar from his
If the phrase “canary-fancier” didn’t exist, it would have to be invented for Miliza Korjus (1912-1980). The Polish-born soprano (some mystery surrounds the circumstances, date,
The Hungarian soprano Maria Nemeth (1897-1967) was best known for her Turandot; no less than Lotte Lehmann, who was alternating with Nemeth in the role
This is the finest recording of The Seven Deadly Sins currently available, matched only by Gisela May’s classic rendition from the “glory days” of East
Only two works on this program were originally scored for clarinet by Schumann himself (Op. 73 and Op. 132). However, the remaining selections easily lend
This is fun if you’re either a Kleiber or a Borodin maven. Both of these performances are relatively well-known: Erich Kleiber’s NBC performance from its
Evgeni Koroliov’s strengths as a Bach pianist carry over to what I believe is his first all-Mozart CD. These include his gift for harmonic pointing
Okay, I’m going to try to describe this, Charles Koechlin’s final major orchestral work, completed in 1946, premiered in 1949 (the year before his death),
This is a 73-minute compilation of arias sung by Caruso, all of which will be familiar to Caruso collectors and most of which will be
This new live Also Sprach Zarathustra is not a recording for showing off your hi-fi equipment. The reverberant hall acoustic imparts a halo that slightly
