5 Pno Ctos
Somewhat mechanical performance for my taste: While Ashkenazy is undoubtedly very strong technically, he makes a mistake in my view trying to play the piano and conduct at the same time. The Beethoven piano concerti are challenging enough that when the [... more]
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The #1 Adagios Album
Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0602498075012 Format: Import MPN: 000082402 Number Of Discs: 2 Release Date: 2003-08-12 Running Time: 140 minutes UPC: 602498075012 Tracks: Air - Academy Of St Martin In The Fields Gymnopedie No.1/Gymnopedie No.3 - The Montreal [... more]
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Complete Symphonies and 2
it would be excellent set, but ....: the sound quality is very poor, so overbassed, muffled sound like this can be rarely heard.... Superb, respectful performances: In my book, there are really only two great choices for the complete Beethoven [... more]
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Sym 3 Eroica
Truly, the best-kept secret on CD.: This was the very first of Dohnanyi's recordings with the Cleveland Orchestra, made within months of his designation as Music Director in the early 1980s. A vivid, rollicking Eroica, with the Clevelanders' famed [... more]
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Sym 2/Finlandia
Stirring!: A cold chill always seems to emanate from the music of Sibelius, whether it takes the form of Sibelius command of his orchestral forces or merely the depraved moodiness of his melodies. That being said, this is a great Sibelius recording. Yoel [... more]
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Syms 7/8/9
From Amazon.com: Dvor´k's last three symphonies deserve every ounce of their popularity. Although the Eighth and Ninth are virtually ubiquitous, the greatest by common consent is the Seventh, which the composer wrote in the wake of having heard [... more]
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Pictures At An Exhibition/Nigh
Amazon.com essential recording: This was one of the recordings that put Telarc on the musical map, and first revealed the potential of digital recording technology to millions of music lovers and stereo buffs. It's still one of the very finest recordings [... more]
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Gershwin: Greatest Hits
Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0028947614579 Format: Import Format: Best of MPN: 000191902 Original Release Date: 1991-01-01 Release Date: 2004-01-01 Running Time: 78 minutes UPC: 028947614579 Tracks: Strike Up the Band - Boston Pops Orchestra Rhapsody in Blue - [... more]
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Dvorak: Symphony No9; Symphony No8
From Amazon.com: George Szell's great musical hero was Toscanini, but the truth is that on any given day Szell was probably the better conductor. Of course, comparisons like this aren't fair, especially when so much of Szell's musical prime has been [... more]
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Shostakovich: Symphony No.15, Rayok
Artist: Deutsch Artist: Halfvarson Artist: Rodescu Artist: Wentzel Artist: Sanderling Artist: Cleveland Orchestra Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0809274962126 Format: Import Release Date: 2006-05-19 UPC: 809274962126 [... more]
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Syms 1/6 (W/New Pack)
forceful, lyrical performances: the beethoven cycle recorded by george szell and the cleveland orchestra in the early 1960's is a miraculous and distinctive account of the symphonies and major orchestral overtures. it manages at the same time to be true [... more]
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Gershwin Weekend
Gershwin Favorites at a Great Price!: This CD might be called a tad anachronistic: Julius Katchen, Istvan Kertesz, Zubin Mehta, Lorin Maazel? The performances are very idiomatic, and these performances hold up well and they sound good. Katchen's Concerto [... more]
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