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This live performance from Japan’s Takemitsu Memorial Hall constitutes the finest of Günter Wand’s Bruckner Ninth recordings to date. With each new version, Wand seems
Having recently suffered through Adrian Boult’s hideous live 1969 Schubert Ninth on BBC Classics, what a relief it is to turn to this reissue of
Colin Davis and the London Symphony have achieved something remarkable here: the worst-ever recording of Sibelius’ Lemminkäinen Suite, thereby establishing the absolute, rock-bottom nadir against
Here’s a major coup for Sviatoslav Richter fans. The great pianist’s 1960 American debut tour included a triumphant series of five Carnegie Hall recitals. Such
This collection of popular orchestral showpieces is fully worthy of the High Performance label. The late Eduardo Mata conducts a wonderfully varied late-19th/early-20th century program
Recorded in 1993, this Schubert recital captures Thomas Quasthoff at the brink of his sensational international successes. RCA slapped the title “Goethe-Lieder” on the disc,
Ozawa’s premiere recording of the Turangalila-symphonie stands the test of time very well and makes a timely reappearance on CD in the West (it’s always
Olli Mustonen can sound perverse at times; I saw him give a totally demented (in the bad sense) performance of Schumann’s Symphonic Etudes a few
That Günter Wand still commands undiminished powers of interpretation in his late 80s is cause for wonder, though it’s an open question whether documenting this
Remember the classical music recording crisis? The glut of less-than-stellar recordings of basic repertoire? A problem so severe that BMG practically withdrew from the market
