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Testament’s series of Gérard Souzay reissues got off to a faltering start with discs focused on his later career, when his warm, supple baritone had
Reissues of Suzanne Danco’s early 1950s recordings have been welcomed as revelatory excursions into the artistry of a hugely talented singer. Best known today for
In my review of Testament’s previous issue of Poulenc and Delibes ballets led by Roger Désormière (type Q6960 in Search Reviews) I noted that the
Roger Désormière is perhaps best known among record collectors as the conductor of the classic 1941 Debussy Pélleas et Mélisande, but Testament’s series of reissues
Conductor Albert Wolff’s photo on the cover of this first-rate, well-filled CD easily could be mistaken for that of a provincial French bank manager. Though
Pairing the Brahms and Mozart Clarinet Quintets is something of a no-brainer since the two are the backbone of the clarinet-based chamber repertoire–and they fit
István Kertész’s celebrated mastery of Dvorák’s symphonic music serves him little in Bruckner’s Fourth Symphony. In some ways it seems to work against him. The
Older collectors with a nostalgic bent may want to hear this disc to revisit the recordings through which they discovered these works by Spohr and
Wonderful though Rudolf Kempe’s 1970s Dresden Staaskapelle recordings of Strauss’ Don Quixote and Till Eulenspiegel may be, his earlier 1958 Berlin Philharmonic versions are better.
Every reissue of Suzanne Danco’s recordings is an occasion for celebration, and this one should make lovers of French mélodies delirious with excitement. While that
