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Ivry Gitlis’ career was anything but conventional. He made few records, performed the premieres of works by Xenakis and Maderna, and made a cameo on
Talk about a non-starter! Dimly recorded in 1951, the Italian Symphony sounds much slower than it really is, thanks to lumpish phrasing in the outer
So when did Max Bruch become such a hot item? This is the third version of his Violin Concerto No. 1 to appear in the
Three of Alfred Brendel’s long-out-of-print Vox Liszt LPs manage a tight squeeze onto two CDs. One selection had to be omitted for lack of space:
The recordings of Maurice Abravanel and the Utah Symphony offer a striking parallel to those of John Barbirolli and the Hallé Orchestra. Both feature first-rate
Aaron Rosand eschews the usual violinistic fireworks in favor of a more poetic and contemplative rendition of the Sibelius warhorse. Everything is in proportion, yet
This recording’s severely limited dynamic range gives the impression of a rather small chorus, in line with today’s authentic practices, but then you realize that
Disc 1 contains the two symphonies recorded in pretty dismal sound, made worse by an LP transfer riddled with pops and clicks (there’s even an
Comparatively speaking, there’s nothing particularly characterful here. Jascha Horenstein paces the first movement with urgency and clarity, generating considerable excitement at the climaxes–but then, so
Let’s get the bad news out of the way first, because this is in many respects a fascinating release. The performance of the Janácek is
