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On Testament, Paul Bailey’s transfer of Edwin Fischer’s 1947 Mozart K. 503 concerto contains a higher degree of surface noise than APR’s quieter remastering, yet
Recorded in 1956, this performing version of Galuppi-Goldoni’s 1754 opera was prepared by the composer Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, who cut much recitative and omitted a pair
Here’s something of a tour de force–an 80-minute encore program of 32 songs in 16 languages ranging from the usual singers’ foursome of French, German,
André Navarra’s playing is remembered today for the force of his irrepressible personality put in service of the demands of the music. He was highly
Gérard Souzay was the first French singer to make his mark singing German art songs in the original language, and though best known for his
The Sinfonietta was recorded with the Czech Philharmonic in 1946, just two years before Rafael Kubelik made his fateful decision to leave his homeland (to
Within a few pages of this Appassionata you realize that the usual catchwords to describe Solomon’s Beethoven (“cool,” “patrician,” or “symmetrical”) simply won’t do. The
Compared to an earlier EMI Références transfer, Solomon’s 1951 Beethoven Op. 111 sounds slightly fuller of body in Paul Bailey’s remastering for Testament. That said,
Here is nearly 80 minutes of singing from one of the greatest bass-baritones of the century, the Wotan of one’s dreams, who, more than any
A brighter but less warmly equalized transfer of Solomon’s Beethoven Op. 90 sonata previously appeared on EMI. This is one of the few Beethoven Sonatas
