Classical CD Reviews Articles

Sir Thomas Beecham conducts Rimsky Korsakov, Saint-Saëns – SOMM

Three mid-century concerts

From Pristine – Volume 4, of their revival of the NBC Symphony concerts led by Artur Rodzinski.

The second in a series devoted to Bach’s surviving harpsichord concertos

“Nelsons… proves himself a master of the Mendelssohn style.”

FAURÉ en HÉRITAGE = Works by Faure, Ravel, Schmitt, Boulanger, Ducasse, Enesco, Koechlin, Ducasse, Aubert, Koechlin –...

FREDERICK STOCK: Chicago Symphony Vol. 6 = BACH (arr. Stock): Prelude and Fugue in E-flat Major, BWV 552 “St. Anne”;...

MAHLER: Symphony No. 4 in G Major – New York Philharmonic Orchestra/ Bruno Walter – Pristine Audio PASC 729 (53:14)...

NIELSEN: Symphony No. 5, Op. 50; Clarinet Concerto, 57; Helios Overture, Op. 17 – Alessandro Carbonare, clarinet/...

EDGE of the STORM = BACEWICZ: String Quartet No. 4 (1951); BRITTEN: String Quartet No. 1 in D Major, Op. 25 (1941);...

ALEXANDER GIBSON conducts = WEBER: Invitation to the Dance; BERLIOZ: La Damnation de Faust; SUPPE: Dichter und Bauer;...

NATHAN MILSTEIN: The American Columbia Solo Recordings, Vol. 2 = Works by Gluck, Stamitz, Mozart, Beethoven, Paganini,...

KOUSSEVITZKY Vol. 20 = BACH: Clavecin Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, BWV 1052; BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat...

GUIOMAR NOVAES Vol. 3 = PHILIPP: Feux follets; GLUCK (arr. Brahms): Gavotte; GOTTSCHALK: Grande fantasie triomphale...

STRAVINSKY: Le Sacre du printemps; RAVEL: Ma Mere l’Oye – Pavel Kolesnikov and Samson Tsoy, piano – Harmonia Mundi HMM...

SVETLANOV VOL. 5 = GLINKA: Jota Aragonesa; FALLA: El amor brujo; El sombrero de tres picos, Suite No. 2; RODRIGO:...

PIERRE MONTEUX: A 150th ANNIVERSARY TRIBUTE = DEBUSSY: Images pour orchestra; STRAVINSKY: Symphony of Psalms; Alex...