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BUSCH QUARTET Beethoven in Germany, 1951

by Andrew Rose November 08, 2019

"What the Busch Quartet brought us on Saturday was a poignant Beethoven event that cannot often be experienced in such perfection and devotion to t...

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TOSCANINI The Beethoven Piano Concertos

by Andrew Rose November 01, 2019

"The tempo was right this time and the tutti sounded with all the nuances required. Toscanini did not miss one tiny detail. He was right there, and...

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BUSCH The Hamburg Concert, 1951

by Andrew Rose October 25, 2019

"A splendid evening: an evening of the most intellectual, most confident music making and the highest orchestral culture. To some people Fritz Busc...

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TOSCANINI Complete NY Philharmonic Vol. 1

by Andrew Rose October 18, 2019

The present series brings together, over two volumes, all of Arturo Toscanini’s studio recordings with the Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New Y...

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HORENSTEIN conducts Bruckner's 6th

by Andrew Rose October 11, 2019

"On Sunday evening, in the eighth of the B.B.C. Bruckner concerts, Jascha Horenstein conducted a cogent performance of the Sixth Symphony ... a str...

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KOUSSEVITZKY conducts Bernstein, Hanson & Shostakovich

by Andrew Rose October 04, 2019

Three world première recordings feature in this week's release by Serge Koussevitzky and the Boston Symphony Orchestra. They're joined by Leonard B...

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Jascha Spivakovsky Volume Nine

by Andrew Rose September 27, 2019

"Yet another revealing collection of marvellous performances by the great Jascha Spivakovsky", writes Mark Ainley in his notes for this ninth insta...

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Busch & Serkin play Beethoven Sonatas

by Andrew Rose September 20, 2019

"Each of the two men is entirely aware of the other’s nuances and phrasing, and their intimate understanding of one another’s ideas leads to some s...

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SCHWARZKOPF & KARAJAN Der Rosenkavalier - the 1956 classic!

by Andrew Rose September 13, 2019

It's regarded as one of the greatest recordings ever of Richard Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier: the 1956 EMI classic with Elisabeth Schwarzkopf and He...

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BRITTEN War Requiem - Nocturne - Our Hunting Fathers

by Andrew Rose September 06, 2019

"[Britten's War Requiem] received a magnificent performance last night, in which the cathedral revealed itself as acoustically much better for musi...

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SOLTI conducts Salome & Elektra

by Andrew Rose August 30, 2019

"Here then, brought most vividly and excitingly into our homes is this extraordinary opera of obsession. The Page, in hero-worshipping adoration of...

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MUNCH conducts Auber, Britten & Nielsen

by Andrew Rose August 23, 2019

This Charles Munch release follows that of last month, where we showcased music by Sibelius and Richard Strauss (PASC568). There's more twentieth c...

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