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This CD is a mid-price reissue of a disc originally released in 1992 (Hänssler 98903). Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau’s performance of BWV 82 also is included in
Deutsche Grammophon seems to have a monopoly on great Mahler Firsts, with Bernstein, Kubelik, and Boulez all prime recommendations. This 1977 underrated but otherwise superb
This nearly-50-year-old performance still retains its status as a “classic”, and the digital remastering that would appear to be the raison d’etre for its current
Recorded in 1958, this Don Giovanni’s prime attraction is Ferenc Fricsay’s crisp, forward-moving conducting. The tempos are swift, almost as though Fricsay can’t wait to
The evolving musical climate of the 1950s occasioned a profound shift of culture and attitude in the performance of Bach’s great choral works. By the
This EMI “Great Recordings of the Century” reissue contains a classic performance of Schubert’s song cycle Schwanengesang D.957, and a further group of four songs,
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
Volume 1 of Musical Heritage Society’s reissue of EMI’s complete cycle of Schubert’s sacred works comprises 4 CDs, and includes the six Masses, two Kyrie’s,
Understandably, commentators often cite Zemlinsky’s Lyric Symphony in the same breath with Mahler’s better-known “song-symphony” Das Lied von der Erde. Aside from both having dated
Your reaction to this famous recording depends on whether you find the cutesy-pooh antics of Elisabeth Schwarzkopf and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau charming or sickening. Certainly, there’s
