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No less a musical authority than composer/author/educator Gunther Schuller, in his provocative book The Compleat Conductor, hails Antal Dorati as one of the great Beethoven
They don’t make ’em like this anymore. No musical tradition has suffered a greater decline than the French, and no conductor represented the French school
Sentimentality, romance, and a sense of humor–all of these things characterized Leroy Anderson’s music, attributes that somehow went missing from much of American classical symphonic
This Mendelssohn disc is arguably of lesser historic importance than others in the Mercury catalog. Peter Maag’s contemporaneous recordings of the Third and Fourth Symphonies
This Mercury Living Presence release was notable for combining both of these large-scale symphonies on one disc, making it a remarkable package–albeit with one major
This recording was one of the prize items in Philips’ revamped Mercury Living Presence series. Antal Doráti’s Dvorák Seventh and Eighth are among the most
This is one of the best-ever recordings of Rodrigo’s Guitar Concertos. Mercury’s engineers achieved a rare balance between soloist and orchestra in which the guitar
Audiophiles and orchestral enthusiasts alike have long cherished Paul Paray’s late-’50s/early-’60s Mercury Living Presence recordings with the Detroit Symphony devoted to French showpieces. Here, five
Audiophile enhancements notwithstanding, the chief reason to acquire this disc always has been Paul Paray’s vibrant and exciting renditions of these delightful works, performed with
Although the original 3-track 35mm magnetic film sources for these early-1960s recordings are missing, the 3-channel half-inch master tapes sound quite lifelike, detailed, and dynamically
