This latest installment in Thomas Dausgaard’s ongoing effort to downsize the romantic symphonic repertoire isn’t as bad as some of his previous releases, but it’s
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This latest installment in Thomas Dausgaard’s ongoing effort to downsize the romantic symphonic repertoire isn’t as bad as some of his previous releases, but it’s
Like many pianists these days, Rikke Sandberg wears several hats. She’s the artistic leader of the Nordic Chamber Music Festival, a frequent competition juror, a
Dina Ugorskaja’s death from cancer in September 2019 at the age of 47 robbed the musical world of a remarkable pianist, whose recordings of late
In the interview that accompanies this disc, conductor Jakub Hrusa admits that he prefers works that do not conclude with a “superficially effective ending,” whatever
Daniel Barenboim’s first Brahms symphony cycle was disappointingly tepid, despite brilliant playing by the Chicago Symphony. Dare we get our hopes up for this new
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This latest installment in Thomas Dausgaard’s ongoing effort to downsize the romantic symphonic repertoire isn’t as bad as some of his previous releases, but it’s
Like many pianists these days, Rikke Sandberg wears several hats. She’s the artistic leader of the Nordic Chamber Music Festival, a frequent competition juror, a
Dina Ugorskaja’s death from cancer in September 2019 at the age of 47 robbed the musical world of a remarkable pianist, whose recordings of late
In the interview that accompanies this disc, conductor Jakub Hrusa admits that he prefers works that do not conclude with a “superficially effective ending,” whatever
Daniel Barenboim’s first Brahms symphony cycle was disappointingly tepid, despite brilliant playing by the Chicago Symphony. Dare we get our hopes up for this new
This strange release is somewhat off-putting. Much like Christina Pluhar and her L’Arpeggiata, Andrea Marcon and La Cetra Barockorchester take a grand Baroque view of
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Vespers (Sveshnikov/Melodiya)
Symphony No. 1 (Ashkenazy/Concertgebouw/Decca)
Piano Concerto No. 3 (Kocsis/De Waart/Decca [Philips])
Paganini Rhapsody (Rubinstein/Reiner/RCA)
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Symphony No. 5 (Sawallisch/Orfeo)
Symphony No. 7 (Jochum/Dresden/Warner)
Symphony No. 6 (Klemperer/Warner)
Te Deum (Karajan/Berlin (1976) DG)
Symphony No. 8 (Maazel/Berlin/Warner)
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