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There are several glorious things about this 1978 performance. Frederica von Stade’s Hansel is just about perfect, bettering even Elisabeth Grümmer’s (on EMI). She’s in
This Eloquence disc conveniently gathers all five of César Franck’s tone poems, which, along with his Symphony in C, constitute the bulk of his orchestral
Otto Klemperer’s 1965 recording of Bruckner’s Sixth Symphony never has been surpassed, and this reissue presents it sounding better than ever. His performance is typically
Leonard Bernstein’s New York Philharmonic recordings offer an irresistible energy and rhythmic “swing”. On the other hand, these remakes have a lot going for them:
I’ve had occasion to register disappointment with several releases in EMI’s “Very Best Of …” series, either because the selections weren’t worthy of the singer
This is an exciting live performance of this opera, recorded in Salzburg in 1969 when all of the principals were in their primes. Karl Böhm
This is a strange set. Taped lived and then fixed-up in the studio in 1988, it presents the opera as almost “pretty,” clearly a choice
This is a nearly ideal compilation of some of the finest art songs of all time, sung by three of the greatest lieder singers ever
What is more important, words or music? That’s essentially the plot of Richard Strauss’ operatic swan song, for which Clemens Krauss fashioned a mildly droll
Now we’re talking Decca Legend. One of the great Mahler 2s, this 1975 recording has moved unceremoniously from a full-price 2 CD set, to a
