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SZELL conducts Brahms and Dvořák

by Andrew Rose October 15, 2021

These Decca recordings of Brahms' Symphony No. 3 and Dvořák's Symphony No. 8, made by the Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam under the baton of G...

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BASTIANINI'S Superlative 1960 Rigoletto

by Andrew Rose October 08, 2021

"My top [Rigoletto] recommendation – although it comes with a caveat – comes from Florence. In June 1960 Mercury’s Living Presence mobile recording...

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CICCOLINI plays Satie and Franck

by Andrew Rose October 01, 2021

"If Erik Satie were alive today — and what a pity he isn't—he would be just short of 105 years old and, very likely, astonished by the attention hi...

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MONTEUX The First NBC Concerts, Vol. 2

by Andrew Rose September 24, 2021

"The performances reveal the qualities that made Monteux such a beloved figure in Europe and the United States for many decades. He was one of thos...

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ZEMLINSKY The Complete Recordings

by Andrew Rose September 17, 2021

"I have admired the work of many conductors during my long career . . . But I think that of all those I have heard I would nominate Alexander von ...

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TEBALDI's beautiful Butterfly

by Andrew Rose September 10, 2021

"La Bohème, which Decca have so successfully recorded, is an opera which depends on a first-rate ensemble, but Madama Butterfly first and foremost ...

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KEMPFF Beethoven Piano Concertos Vol. 3

by Andrew Rose September 03, 2021

"The orchestral acoustic is still resonant, but it now has a warmth and glow throughout the dynamic range not present in the Dokumente reissue. Lik...

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Sargent's classic Gilbert and Sullivan recordings

by Andrew Rose August 20, 2021

“Oh joy, oh rapture unforeseen!” This week, Pristine returns to the classic series of D’Oyly Carte company HMV recordings from the late 1920s thro...

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MONTEUX The First NBC Concerts, Vol. 1

by Andrew Rose August 13, 2021

13 November 1937 saw perhaps a unique event: the debut concert of a major symphony orchestra, conducted by a man who'd performed for Brahms, Grieg...

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ADOLF BUSCH The Mozart Orchestral Recordings

by Andrew Rose August 06, 2021

Sunday 8 August is Adolf Busch's 130th birthday and we're marking it with a double-CD release and a 15% discount on all his recordings for a week, ...

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MARIA CALLAS in Verdi's Il Trovatore

by Andrew Rose July 30, 2021

"The role of Leonora is one in which I have much admired Mme Callas. Her assumption is that of a great lady, as it should be; and in the two big ar...

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KEMPFF Beethoven Piano Concertos, Vol. 2

by Andrew Rose July 23, 2021

"For many classical enthusiasts, Wilhelm Kempff is synonymous with Beethoven. His complete 1960s sets of the piano concertos and piano sonatas, bot...

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