Paul Tortelier was surely the best French cellist of the second half of the twentieth century, and his recordings of the major works for cello and orchestra by the great French composers of the nineteenth century are justly prized for their powerful virtuosity and passionate conviction. In these performances from 1956 and 1975-1976, Tortelier ...
How many recordings of Bach's Cello Suites does anyone need? If one has the magisterial Casals recording and the exquisite Fournier recording and the robust Rostropovich recordings and the sturdy Schiff recordings and the pretty Ma and the rough Bylsma recordings, does one really need another recording, no matter how good? That is the question. ...
What a terrific collection of classic English interpretations of the orchestral music of Richard Strauss! Three of the four recordings here are from the postwar period with Thomas Beecham leading the Royal Philharmonic, while the fourth is from 1967 with John Barbirolli leading the New Philharmonia. But whomever and whenever they come from, the ...
As far as greatest-hits compilations go, this 2007 reissue from EMI of Camille Saint-Saëns' best-known works is really hard to beat. Considering that complete performances of the popular Carnival of the Animals and the Symphony No. 3 in C minor, "Organ," are presented, along with the orchestral tone poem Danse macabre, the Allegro appassionato for ...
Though not composed on the same grand scale as contemporary orchestral works by Franck, Chausson, or Dukas, Fauré's orchestral works are consistently subtle, tuneful, colorful, and well crafted. Michel Plasson with the Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, pianist Jean-Philippe Collard, cellist Paul Tortelier, violinist Yan Pascal Tortelier, tenor ...
So many great recordings of Shostakovich's First Violin Concerto by David Oistrakh, so little time. There's his recording with Dimitri Mitropoulos leading the New York Philharmonic, his recording with Yevgeny Mravinsky leading the Leningrad Philharmonic, and his recording with Maxim Shostakovich leading the New Philharmonia -- this recording. Both ...
This three-disc EMI set of Tchaikovsky's complete music for piano and orchestra as well as the Violin Concerto and Rococo Variations is somewhat of a hit-and-miss compilation. Let's start with the hit. The second disc of the three contains the second and third piano concertos, performed by Peter Donohoe and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. The ...
While Best Loved French Nocturnes is not exactly accurately titled -- an orchestral nocturne is usually associated with imagery of the night -- it's successful as a collection of mostly Impressionist pieces whose character is basically gentle and meditative. Virgin's selection is clearly labeled with the names of the works and the performers, an ...
In the early twenty-first century, there has been an emerging trend; major labels identifying large cycles from within their classical catalog and issuing a cut-rate box set encompassing them in their entirety. Some critics see this as a negative trend, devaluating the classical catalog, but it makes sound commercial sense -- most of these older ...
Joseph Szigeti is one of the giants among violinists of the twentieth century. After outgrowing the status of a youthful prodigy, he eschewed the virtuoso repertory for the likes of the classics of Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms; yet he championed contemporary music, too. His performances of the two works on this disc demonstrate his strengths and ...
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