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It’s always fun to hear the Czech Philharmonic in Bruckner […]
These well-preserved live archival recordings feature four previously unissued Mozart concerto performances that pair Robert Casadesus with four superb conductors and an orchestra identified as
It’s a curious thing that as late as 1973 Lovro von Matacic would choose to record the Schalk edition of Bruckner’s Symphony No. 5, which
Lovro von Matacic recorded this symphony commercially for Supraphon with the Czech Philharmonic, in the bizarre Schalk edition with its loony additional piccolo and percussion
Lovro von Matacic directs an Eroica in the grand manner (that is, Klemperer-like), with a measured opening movement, an absolutely devastating funeral march, a lively
Lovro von Matacic’s luminous and moving Bruckner Seventh employs relaxed tempos in the first two movements (smiliar to Chailly’s), but also naturally breathing phrasing alongside
Sviatoslav Richter’s 1974 Grieg and Schumann concerto accounts sound brighter, fuller of body, and more vividly detailed in EMI’s Great Recordings of the Century transfer
This performance, from July 1983, documents Lovro von Matacic’s only Proms concert appearance. Although the Bruckner specialist was 84 on this occasion (he died the
Right from the opening of the Fifth Symphony, with the phrases of its motto theme bound together to create long coherent sentences rather than appearing
This intelligently compiled bargain reissue demonstrates the strength of both Rimsky-Korsakov’s music on disc (when was the last time you saw a live performance of
