
These excellent performances date from 1970, before Neville Marriner embarked on possibly the dullest complete Beethoven symphony cycle in history, and they have all of
The musical world is not exactly screaming for another recording of Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 2, even though this one is perfectly fine. Kent Nagano
Yakov Kreizberg conducts really fine performances of these two repertoire favorites. Although the “New World” Symphony gets relatively traditional treatment (big slow-down for the first
I really wanted to be able to recommend this disc. After all, it seems like such a worthy undertaking, simply oozing good intentions. All three
These SACD multichannel remasterings sound amazingly fine and true to life, so much so that the standard stereo issues don’t even begin to compare. The
Joan and the Bells is a dramatic cantata in three movements that lasts about 21 never-boring minutes. The two outer movements depict Joan’s judgment and
It is doubtful that any collector needs yet another copy of these famous Mozart works, although curious audiophiles (the presumed market) likely will want this
Resurrecting these somewhat shopworn performances from the early-1970s Philips catalog ostensibly serves a single goal: to show off quadraphonic sound the way it was meant
It’s so good to see that new releases on SACD aren’t limited to standard repertoire, and this excellent performance of Franz Schmidt’s masterful Fourth Symphony