

This re-release of Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture with Erich Kunzel and the Cincinnati Symphony is not to be confused with Telarc’s more recent version (type Q3406

Lorin Maazel’s Symphonie fantastique, one of Telarc’s earliest recordings, sounds spectacular in this new SACD release. The enhanced clarity of the original 50khz recording projects

It’s tempting, when going to bat for a neglected composer, to exaggerate the scope and range of his talents. Gavril Popov was indeed talented. His

This new Telarc disc sandwiches the familiar Barber Symphony and Copland Appalachian Spring between two exciting new orchestral compositions. This sequence is of no small

The performances are still wonderful (for my initial review type Q8051 in the search box), but sonically this SACD multichannel version is clearly the winner,

I have had almost nothing but praise for Robert Spano’s Telarc recordings to date, so this dull performance of Berlioz’s Requiem, never an easy work

I like this coupling: both works deal with the struggle between order and chaos, in the largest sense, and contrast music of simple lyricism with

Back in 1959/1960 when pianist Jacques Loussier recorded his then-innovative jazz excursions into the music of Bach–titled Play Bach and now reissued on two Decca

The members of the LAGQ come to the ensemble with eclectic musical tastes: John Deaman honed his skills playing Chet Atkins tunes; Bill Kanengiser was

Theoretically, this should work. There’s always jazz (more or less) lurking and roaming behind the scenes of Debussy’s musical stage-settings, and it’s often front and
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