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Giulini conducts Verdi's Falstaff

by Andrew Rose February 07, 2020

"The production, plus the cast (first-rate, with perhaps one exception) and the wonderful musical ensemble achieved by Carlo Maria Giulini who ... gives us a musical performance second to none, with orchestr...

SPIVAKOVSKY Bach to Bloch Vol. XI

by Andrew Rose January 31, 2020

"His playing throughout is powerful, yet never barbaric or rough in tone in the faster moments; if anything, his Brahms seems more inspired by Mendelssohn than Beethoven. Particularly beautiful is the work’s...

FURTWÄNGLER conducts Brahms

by Andrew Rose January 24, 2020

We turn to Furtwängler's Brahms this week, beginning with a broadcast Haydn Variations with the Berlin Philharmonic from 1950, well captured by RIAS Berlin, and thus capable of yielding excellent results wit...

RICCARDO STRACCIARI sings Verdi's Rigoletto

by Andrew Rose January 17, 2020

This week we return to the recordings of Italian baritone Riccardo Stracciari, following last years Barber of Seville from 1929, with the release of his only other full opera recording. Made in 1930 with the...

TOSCANINI conducts Schumann

by Andrew Rose January 10, 2020

This week sees the release of two broadcast recordings of Toscanini and the NBC Symphony Orchestra in the music of Robert Schumann. We present the 1946 recording of the Symphony No. 2, coupled with the 1949 ...

STOKOWSKI French Music: Debussy, Milhaud, Ravel

by Andrew Rose January 03, 2020

We begin 2020 with this fabulous collection of Stokowski's French music broadcasts with the NBC SO, in which we've managed to squeeze (almost) everything they broadcast onto a single CD. We have the conducto...

MAX FIEDLER German Radio Recordings, Volume 2

by Andrew Rose December 27, 2019

This second 2-CD set of German radio recordings, broadcast in 1936, wraps up this two-volume set of music conducted by Max Fiedler. Fiedler was one of very few recorded conductors with a link to Brahms, whos...

Horenstein conducts Beethoven's Missa Solemnis

by Andrew Rose December 13, 2019

"Remarkably successful" - The Times "A memorable emotional experience" - Daily Mail "One of the most beautiful and moving performances of these sublimes movements as one could wish to hear" - Liverpool Dai...

GOODALL conducts Dukas, Messiaen & Schumann

by Andrew Rose December 06, 2019

The British conductor Reginald Goodall is rightly known and celebrated for his operatic conducting. A quick glance at the review archives at Fanfare magazine indicates no less than 28 reviews, all of them fo...

FURTWÄNGLER Bruckner Symphonies 4 & 7

by Andrew Rose November 29, 2019

These two recordings capture Wilhelm Furtwängler at his peak in 1951 with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra in live performances of Bruckner's Symphonies Nos. 4 and 7. ...

Jascha Spivakovsky - Vol. X

by Andrew Rose November 22, 2019

This 10th volume of recordings of Jascha Spivakovsky, the Ukrainian-born pianist who died without having released any commercial solo discs, continues with two 1950s appearances with orchestra and a fascinat...

ORMANDY & The Philadelphia Orchestra: Early Years Vol. 1

by Andrew Rose November 15, 2019

This week, we release the first in a series that has been much-requested from collectors over the years: Eugene Ormandy’s early recordings with the Philadelphia Orchestra. These are not their legendary, oft-...

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 the work. We were – which we are not often blessed with today...