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At first hearing you might unfairly label Peter Serkin’s soft-spoken yet provocative discourse throughout most of Beethoven’s Op. 57 sonata to be the “Dispassionata”. For
Wanda Landowska’s reputation as a harpsichordist obscures her considerable achievements as a pianist, especially in regard to these extraordinary Mozart recordings, made at her Lakeville,
Great news! Arkivmusic.com has gotten its “on demand” hands on the Japanese RCA Ormandy Edition, making these recordings available in North America at far saner
Is there a well-known classical music masterpiece that hasn’t been arranged, deconstructed, abridged, mangled, parodied, jazz-arranged, or pop songed? Think “What’s Opera, Doc?” or “The
A lot of Mahler 4s have come and gone since this 1974 release, but its musical values remain undiminished. It finds both James Levine and
Eugene Ormandy’s version of Ives’ Second Symphony might best be described as “fat and heavy”, at least as regards the second movement. Indeed, there’s little
These are two very fine performances. Ormandy proves himself to be surprisingly exciting in Nevsky, particularly in the first half of The Battle on the
This disc contains two of Eugene Ormandy’s finest recorded performances for RCA, and significantly he recorded neither of these pieces for CBS/Sony. The Shostakovich is
This Japanese RCA reissue, available on demand from Arkivmusic.com, features a majestic and gorgeously played “New World” symphony, with an impressively lyrical Largo and powerful
In 1967 and 1969, en route to becoming the leading soprano of the 1970s, Montserrat Caballé recorded a trio of “rarity” discs for RCA, each
