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Unlike some of the titles in EMI’s “The Very Best Of …” series, the Montserrat Caballé entry really does include many of her very best
There is one really noteworthy performance here: Karajan and Rostropovich
For a conductor who had such a long and extensive
This is Debussy like no other. Some critics have complained
If Rosalyn Tureck is the High Priestess of Bach, then Alexis Weissenberg reigns as Bach’s Lord High Executioner in these 1966/67 recordings. Playing faster than
Don’t expect Alexis Weissenberg to imbue Rachmaninov’s two piano sonatas with color and sensuality. Instead, revel in swirling textures that boast extraordinary point, precision, and
The main difference between Alexis Weissenberg’s generally forceful yet charmless and bleak 1972 Schwetzinger Festival Chopin performances and their EMI studio counterparts is that the
The Philadelphia Orchestra truly shines in Brahms’ First Piano Concerto, thanks to Riccardo Muti’s firm, invigorating projection of what adds up to more than mere
Of all Tchaikovsky B-flat minor Piano Concerto recordings by major artists on major labels, the 1970 Weissenberg/Karajan EMI traversal ranks among the worst. The fault
I always felt that I could live without the Chopin Concertos, and managed to–until Alexis Weissenberg dusted off the cobwebs from Mme Sand’s salon and
