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This recording has been a classic for more than 40 years and remains one, all the way through the eras of HIP, anti-HIP, HIP with
The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra may not be the Czech Philharmonic, but it plays its collective heart out for Kubelik, who understands as well as
Alert, bright playing, total professionalism, an idiomatic way and comfort with the score–it’s amazing how little these things matter when inspiration and great (or appropriate)
Robert Craft’s extremely slow tempos for Schoenberg’s Gurrelieder (adding more than 14 minutes to Ozawa’s total time) make for a Part I that seems to
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
These performances, now 40-ish years old, are still delightfully fresh; and frankly, despite all of the scholarship that has gone on since and the subsequent
Every Bach lover, whether period-instrument fan or not, should own Karl Richter’s recordings of Bach’s great choral works. Failing that, this CD of excerpts will
