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Although RCA’s 1954 Rubinstein/Reiner Brahms First Concerto originally appeared in mono, an experimental stereo version surfaced in the late 1970s, offering a fuller, more three-dimensional
Morton Gould’s 1957 Living Stereo recordings of two Copland ballet suites were top recommendations at the time. Since then, however, Bernstein, Slatkin, and Michael Tilson
Yuri Temirkanov offers a refreshingly non-standard Prokofiev program in decidedly non-standard performances. After a brisk, beautifully shaped, and tightly argued Classical Symphony (which boasts some
Sergei Leiferkus’ heartfelt Songs and Dances of Death is notable for its rich vocal tone and telling timbral variety. The baritone’s distinctly different styles of
This release, seeing the light of day for the first time in this mid-priced series (the actual recording date isn’t given), contains a selection of
In the insane ’80s and early ’90s Leonard Slatkin and St. Louis were making so many recordings for RCA that it was difficult to keep
Until now, only Torleif Thedéen’s BIS account of Saint-Saëns’ little-known Cello Concerto No. 2 (written in 1902) with the Tapiola Sinfonietta under Jean-Jacques Kantorow has
RCA resurrects Gerhard Oppitz’s late-1980s solo Brahms cycle as a budget boxed set, an enticing marketing ploy that nevertheless will not bump up these generally
Most of Vladimir Horowitz’s 1975-82 recordings for RCA Victor stem from live, edited performances. By contrast, this previously unissued November 16, 1975 Carnegie Hall concert
The fly in this otherwise useful batch of all-Brahms ointment consists of Pierre Monteux’s virtually unlistenable San Francisco Second Symphony, a performance and recording surpassed
