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The Mozart is flabby and markedly less appealing than Klemperer’s two studio recordings for EMI, never mind what seems like dozens of live recordings with
Testament restores two of Wanda Landowska’s most treasurable and long-out-of-print albums. One is a 1951 collection of Polish dances, originally titled “Landowska plays for Paderewski”
Here’s the bottom line: Erich Leinsdorf’s Prokofiev Symphony cycle was never anything special. It filled a useful repertoire gap in the 1960s domestic catalog and
One of the most tightly knit Juilliard Quartet lineups featured charter member first violinist Robert Mann, second violinist Isadore Cohen, violist Raphael Hillyer, and cellist
The Juilliard Quartet, with inevitable changes in personnel, is still going strong almost 60 years after its founding. Thanks in part to its teaching and
Szymon Goldberg’s life (1909-1993) included incidents that give “exciting” a bad name. A child prodigy, he became leader of Furtwängler’s Berlin Philharmonic at 21 and
This set, dating from 1956, features three fine singers–Carteri, Valletti, and Warren–but none is at his/her best, and the set is led with amazing tedium
This release offers a rare glimpse into the early days of Gunter Wand’s recording career. Long before his association with Deutsche Harmonia Mundi, and later
Canadian cellist Zara Nelsova (her parents were Russian emigres) was known in the 1950s as the “Queen of the Cello”. This disc of 1953 and
Janine Micheau was a leading French lyric soprano in the post-World War II period. She was a popular Mélisande, recorded Micaëla for Beecham’s stereo EMI
