Alfred Brendel, piano. London Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir. Bernard Haitink, conductor.
Label: Philips. Format: cutout CD.
Label Number: 434148. Daedalus Item Code: 18031
Alfred Brendel was the first pianist to record Beethoven's complete piano works. A master of the Austro-German classics, he made a memorable recording in 1977 of Beethoven's final concerto. It is the ... (Read More)
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Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra. Andrew Manze, conductor.
Label: Harmonia Mundi. Format: cutout CD.
Label Number: 807470. Daedalus Item Code: 37027
Dedicated initially to Napoleon and ultimately "to the memory of a great man," Beethoven's Symphony No. 3 first inspired the concept of a "symphonic poem.” Virtuoso violinist Andrew Manze argues that ... (Read More)
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Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Sir Georg Solti, conductor.
Label: London. Format: cutout CD.
Label Number: 430087. Daedalus Item Code: 37094
This 1990 recording presents a stirring symphony originally meant to celebrate the republican achievements of Napoleon, followed by the overture from a set of incidental music pieces for the 1787 ... (Read More)
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Berliner Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester. Kolner Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester. Igor Markevitch, conductor.
Label: Urania. Format: CD.
Label Number: 22202. Daedalus Item Code: 27248
"All I have suffered … the loves, labours, the bereavements of my youth," is how Berlioz described his revolutionary Symphonie fantastique. No wonder Colin Davis once called him "the only, the ... (Read More)
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Earl Wild, piano & conductor. NBC Radio Orchestra. Des Moines Symphony. Joseph Giunta, conductor.
Label: Ivory Classics. Format: CD.
Label Number: 79003. Daedalus Item Code: 37088
Wild's renown as a concert pianist has somewhat eclipsed his equal prowess as a composer and conductor. Like Liszt and Rachmaninov, he is a master of all three disciplines. Not only that, but he is ... (Read More)
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It has long been known that British composer Edward Elgar's 1919 cello concerto reflected the pain and devastation of World War I, as well as the freedom of being back in the English countryside. It ... (Read More)
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John O'Conor, piano. Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Sir Charles Mackerras, conductor.
Label: Telarc. Format: 2 cutout CDs.
Label Number: 80733. Daedalus Item Code: 27032
Sir Charles Mackerras and John O'Conor are not only exciting performers, they are also "scholar-musicians." They both believe that Mozart's written concerto parts give only a partial picture of what ... (Read More)
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Christopher O'Riley, piano. Corey Dundee, tenor saxophone. Cincinnati Pops Orchestra. Erich Kunzel, conductor, & others.
Label: Telarc. Format: cutout CD.
Label Number: 80745. Daedalus Item Code: 37006
Hosted by classical musician and ground-breaking arranger Christopher O'Riley, From the Top has established itself as one of most popular weekly classical music programs on public radio and ... (Read More)
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"We bought his recordings whenever a new LP came out. I remember his Brahms, his Strauss, and of course his Bach. We would listen to his Bach discs—my parents were musicians too—and my dad would say: ... (Read More)
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This collection presents the only occasion on which Gould worked with Stokowski. It was a felicitous one, as were the recordings of the second and third concertos with Bernstein (what ... (Read More)
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"Believing that the performer's role was properly creative," writes Gould biographer Kevin Bazzana, "he offered original, deeply personal, sometimes shocking interpretations (extreme tempos, odd ... (Read More)
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David Hickman, cornet. Mark H. Lawrence, trombone. American Serenade Band. Henry Charles Smith, conductor.
Label: Summit. Format: cutout CD.
Label Number: 121. Daedalus Item Code: 27682
Time was, every self-respecting township had a band gazebo in the municipal park so that marches, airs, and popular dance tunes could waft out over a summer evening. Those days come to life again ... (Read More)
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