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Believe it or not, here are Teldec’s third go-rounds reissuing the Mengelberg/Concertgebouw Orchetra Strauss Don Juan and Ein Heldenleben recordings. Collectors, of course, will ask
Willem Mengelberg’s fascinating yet controversial Beethoven interpretations proliferate on numerous independent historic labels, with production values and transfer quality ranging from execrable to excellent. Teldec’s
With a dozen Fidelios on the market, this one doesn’t really have much of a chance, nor does it have particularly grand appeal. Barenboim’s leadership
Daniel Barenboim conducts an extremely fine Three-Cornered Hat, expressively shaped from the very first “fandango” but never at the expense of the music’s folk-like innocence
Submitted for your approval: an eclectic mix of string quartet arrangements. These draw upon short piano pieces by Debussy, Ravel, and Shostakovich, popular orchestral fare
This “Tribute to Ellington” album came as a real shock–not so much because Daniel Barenboim turns out to be a keen jazz pianist, but because
Beethoven’s Fourth Concerto gets top billing on Hélène Grimaud’s first CD devoted to this composer’s music. The two late sonatas, however, wind up commanding our
For once, the encore comes at the beginning in this new Rimsky-Korsakov CD. The New York Philharmonic gives a whirlwind performance of the Flight of
Although the composer himself probably would have denied it strenuously, this music really is great fun. The poetry in “Pierrot Lunaire” is simply the last
Sinopoli is himself a composer whose style often recalls that of Alban Berg, so it’s no surprise that he turns in a very personal, but
