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Video Review: Mucho Mischa Maisky–The DG Box

David Hurwitz

The Bottom Line: Mischa Maisky is a cellist of tremendous […]

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CD From Hell: Norrington’s (Ob)noxious Haydn London Symphonies

David Hurwitz

Roger Norrington’s approach to Haydn couldn’t be at further remove

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Argerich’s 1965 EMI Chopin Recital Revisited and Remastered

Jed Distler

In the aftermath of her 1965 Warsaw Chopin Competition victory,

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Historical Gems: Prokofiev On The Air

Jed Distler

During Sergei Prokofiev’s 1937 visit to United States, the composer/pianist

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Two Fascinating, Historic Kubelik Boxes

David Hurwitz

The Bottom Line: They’re here! Eloquence has released Rafael Kubelik’s

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Happy Anniversary Alexander Zemlinsky

David Hurwitz

The Bottom Line: This six-disc set of Zemlinsky recordings on

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Erich Kleiber’s Complete Polydor 78s: Mostly Good, Sometimes Awful

David Hurwitz

This three-disc set, very carefully remastered by Mark Obert-Thorn, contains

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Big Boxes: A Rachmaninov Bargain

Jed Distler

Note that this boxed set is not identical to Brilliant

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Big Boxes: John Eliot Gardiner–The Sour Grapes Edition (Video Review)

David Hurwitz

The Bottom Line: As Gardiner remakes a lot of his

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Big Boxes: Riccardo Chailly’s Mostly Terrific Stravinsky Edition (Video Review)

David Hurwitz

The Bottom Line: Yet another celebration of Stravinsky’s 50th deathiversary,

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Meyers and Miller Soar in Daugherty’s “Blue Electra”

David Hurwitz March 29, 2025

The Beethoven/Scharwenka Ninth

Jed Distler March 23, 2025

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CD From Hell: Boulez’s Strauss/Mahler Pairing Is All Toten and No Feier

David Hurwitz March 23, 2025

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