
During his long career, Ruggiero Ricci (1918-2012) amassed a large […]
It’s a sad irony that Ruggiero Ricci’s fruitful association with
For all the grotty playing and occasionally screechy sonics, there’s
Decca packs a lot of Prokofiev onto these two discs,
Decca’s big box “Mono Years” retrospective focuses on orchestral and
Here’s a generously packed, excellently remastered eight-disc overview of Julius Katchen’s prolific (though tragically short-lived) recording career. Much of the material overlaps with Australian Decca’s
Volume 7 of Profil’s Günter Wand Edition finds the conductor traveling far afield from his standard repertoire (Beethoven, Brahms, Schubert, and Bruckner). He’s mostly able
It’s good to see this collection of Saint-Saëns piano concertos coming back in tandem with such rarities as Cyprès et Lauriers for Organ and Orchestra,
Believe it or not, young people, there was a time when even ordinary folks in places like Cincinnati or Dayton or Toledo could hear great
Ruggiero Ricci’s Tchaikovsky/Mendelssohn Concerto coupling was one of the more desirable items in Decca’s defunct Weekend Classics budget line. Along comes Universal’s Eloquence budget line,