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This performance, from the Netherlands Opera, was taped in 1998 but just released. It was worth waiting for. Tosca is set specifically in June, 1800,
This Stravinsky set of ballet music has it all: a conductor famous for his attention to detail, world-class orchestras, audiophile sound, and a price that
Bernard Haitink’s 1980 Manfred was the prize of his Concertgebouw/Tchaikovsky symphony cycle. Riccardo Chailly’s 1987 effort with the same orchestra, while very good, doesn’t quite
This is the first recording of Mahler’s rescoring of Schumann’s Second and Fourth Symphonies that shows what an improvement these versions really are over the
Does anyone remember this 1984 recording? It’s not bad: the Cleveland Orchestra naturally plays very well. Chailly knows how to pace the work, turning in
On its original 1987 release this CD bore a sticker that shouted “Sonic Boom”, and anyone listening would conclude that this referred to the bass
While not challenging the classic Tchaikovsky Fifth’s by Mravinsky, Szell, Muti, Jansons, or the more recent Gatti, Riccardo Chailly’s 1983 Decca version offers a first-rate
So many recordings came and went during the past couple of decades that it’s hard to remember which ones were really good. Certainly this Petrushka
These are very fine performances, recorded during the go-go 1980s when Universal (and everyone else) was issuing standard-rep CDs like they were going out of
The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra sounds absolutely glorious on this recording, the magnificently ringing horns in perfect balance with strings and winds. Riccardo Chailly directs a
