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Astute collectors of 78s pay close attention to disc pressings just as wine connoisseurs scrutinize particular vintages. Over the years that certain recordings remained in
This is a thoroughly idiomatic, exciting performance of Trovatore, one influenced rather ferociously by the verismo movement. As usual Lorenzo Molajoli and the Scala forces
This lively set has been around in various incarnations for almost 60 years, but Naxos presents it in better, more forward and unobstructed sound than
Were not the superlative Colin Davis/LSO and Munch/Boston recordings available at budget or mid-price (depending on couplings), Yoav Talmi’s impressive Symphonie fantastique would have made
Maud Powell’s pre-electric discography comprises some three-and-a-half hours of mainly salonesque encore repertoire. This material has been circulated previously on three CDs released in the
When Franz Krommer wrote the three wind partitas presented on this recording (between 1808 and 1810) the Harmonie-Musik tradition was waning, making these some of
What’s a critic to say? There are so many really excellent recordings of Samuel Barber’s Violin Concerto that any newcomer has to be little short
This is a grand conclusion to Naxos’ stellar Martinu symphony cycle. Arthur Fagen lives fully in Martinu’s very particular sound world and speaks his musical
Collectors seeking a budget introduction to the orchestral music of Anatol Liadov might find this inviting, but congested sound and low-grade playing are serious deterrents.
Ji-yoen Choi won the 2000 National Young Artists Competition in Organ Performance of the American Guild of Organists, an award that paved the way to
