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This 1963 Symphonie fantastique is actually the same as Bernstein’s Royal Edition performance (though in significantly finer sound), which claims to be his marginally tamer
With Masterworks Heritage titles going out of print rapidly, it’s good to know that Sony has elected to repackage this landmark set in regular jewel-box
Thomas Beecham’s Haydn remains incomparable in its unfailing response to the composer’s wit, charm, and elegance. Despite the fact that his approach might be considered
Seiji Ozawa’s credentials as a Mahlerian have not received the recognition that they deserve (the same holds true of his Bruckner). His complete symphony cycle
This set is a really good deal, even if Sony’s premature discontinuation of the Bernstein Century series (since revived, but only in France) prevented assembly
The Shostakovich Piano Concertos are light works, almost impossible to kill, requiring little more from the performers than a sense of humor, a light touch,
After Salvatore Licitra’s last-minute stand-in for an ailing Pavarotti at the Met’s gala Tosca and his much praised performance on Sony’s live-from-La Scala Trovatore, there
This was the finest performance of Mahler’s Third when it was first issued back in 1962, and in some ways it has never been surpassed.
Blues and Bottesini is a more apt title for this album of double bass concertos. Anyone familiar with Edgar Meyer’s recent best-selling bluegrass/classical collaborations (“Appalachia
Live concerts of Magnus Lindberg’s music never fail to excite, as his predilection for large-scale works performed by enormous orchestral forces have the ability to
