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Mendelssohn’s “Scotch” Symphony highlights an uneven compilation with Rudolf Kempe leading the Dresden Staatskapelle. Note the genial, flexible opening movement, plus the gorgeous strings and
Any example of Marcel Dupré’s improvising prowess is important to have in general circulation, and this previously unreleased, totally improvised performance is no exception. On
Tahra claims these live Mengelberg symphony recordings from 1942 and 1943 to be previously unissued. That’s actually 75 per-cent true. The Beethoven Third, whose 1942
Although Walter Gieseking did not live to complete a projected EMI Beethoven cycle (he taped about two-thirds of the sonatas prior to his unexpected death
Two complete Magic Flutes exist with Furtwängler conducting; both were recorded live at the Salzburg Festival. This 1949 version is less familiar than its better-recorded
Clara Haskil’s 1953 Ludwigsburger Schloss recital has surfaced before on LP and CD. This transfer stems from original radio tape and sounds a little clearer
The Dresden Staatskapelle is 450 years old (actually the date is meaningless: orchestras as we know them today have only been around for about a
The great Chilean pianist Claudio Arrau cited a handful of performers who conveyed the “power of divination” in their music making. Conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler was
Wilhelm Furtwängler just may have been the greatest conductor ever of Brahms’ First Symphony. Certainly, he brought to the work an intensity and, in the
Ah, the difference a day makes! The performance of Beethoven’s Third Symphony captured on tape (and also available from Tahra) the day after this December
