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In 1997 APR brought out unissued live broadcast performances of the Tchaikovsky First and Rachmaninov Third Concertos featuring pianist Vladimir Horowitz, with Barbirolli conducting the
This Brahms B-flat Concerto, broadcast October 23, 1948, provides a fascinating gloss on Horowitz and Toscanini’s better-known 1940 commercial recording, also with the NBC Symphony.
How did this one make it to RCA’s High Performance series? Certainly not because of its High Fidelity: the recording has a thin and washed-out
Toscanini’s live “Pathétique” Symphony from April 1941 seems to have all the requisites that distinguish a great performance of this work. The unsentimental yet dramatic
Are these Vladimir Horowitz’s Greatest Hits repackaged for the gazillionth time? The answer is yes, but with a crucial difference. The sonics are so improved
The first disc juxtaposes Vladimir Horowitz’s early Chopin Mazurkas and Etudes with later versions, some of which are remakes. By and large the ravishing cantabiles
Vladimir Horowitz preferred Bruno Walter as a concerto collaborator to his redoubtable father-in-law Arturo Toscanini, and it shows in these broadcast performances. The sound is
BMG’s remastering for Vladimir Horowitz’s November 1981 Metropolitan Opera recital enhances the ambience and definition of the original Soundstream digital tape, bringing the artist’s difficult-to-record
