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EMI’s Underwhelming Walton Collector’s Edition

David Hurwitz

This twelve CD set contains some remarkably poorly chosen titles […]

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Big Boxes: Reiner’s Complete Strauss, At Last

David Hurwitz

Does anyone not own most of these recordings? If you

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Big Boxes: Walter’s Sony Mahler Recordings, Complete

David Hurwitz

It’s so simple, really. Just take everything the artist did

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Pierre Boulez’s Ten Best Recordings (video review)

David Hurwitz

Pierre Boulez was a new music conductor of the old

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Simon Rattle’s Ten Best Recordings (Video Review)

David Hurwitz

Simon Rattle is a cypher. His highly variable achievement on

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Leopold Stokowski’s Ten Best Recordings (Video Review)

David Hurwitz

Known as a charismatic showman, orchestral wizard, sonic genius, and

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Otto Klemperer’s Ten Best Recordings (Video Review)

David Hurwitz

Otto Klemperer’s (1885-1973) reputation today rests almost entirely on recordings

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Arturo Toscanini’s Ten Best Recordings (Video Review)

David Hurwitz

Arturo Toscanini was the most important, highly acclaimed conductor of

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Distinctive and Different: 21st Century Christmas

David Vernier

The disc’s subtitle announces this will be a program of

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Big Boxes: Karl Böhm’s Complete DG Orchestral Recordings

Jed Distler

Karl Böhm’s symphonic and concerto recordings for Deutsche Grammophon have

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CD From Hell: Martinon’s Hapless Prokofiev 5 & 7

David Hurwitz April 6, 2025

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Filling in the Gaps: Two Rare Prokofiev Ballets

David Hurwitz April 5, 2025

Paul Lewis Plays Haydn

Jed Distler March 30, 2025

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