Hans Vonk’s view of La mer may be a bit lacking in sheer sensuality, but it’s immaculately played and vibrant–and it’s particularly nice to hear
The late Hans Vonk apparently approved eight discs for release by the St. Louis Symphony on its own label, as a memorial to his art
Although EMI has two “superstar” Beethoven Triple Concerto recordings to its credit (Oistrakh/Rostropovich/Richter and Perlman/Ma/Barenboim), I don’t necessarily prefer them to the label’s less-celebrated (and
Recorded in the late 1980s, Christian Zacharias’ Beethoven concerto cycle for EMI was irregularly available in the U.S. as a special import. Here, the Fourth
For EMI-Electrola Ulf Hoelscher taped the Brahms concerto with Tennstedt, and in 1985 under Hans Vonk he recorded this accomplished Beethoven with the Dresden Staatskapelle.
Here’s another mixed bag from the Disky Communications reissue label, Royal Long Players, entitled “Great Violin Concertos”. That much, at least, is true; the same
So just who is Armin Ude? Good question! There’s not a word about him in the CD booklet. But then, given the disc’s title, this