Thursday, September 26, 2013

Brahms: Haydn Variations (Bartlett and Robertson)

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Rae Robertson and Ethel Bartlett I've featured several recordings in the past by the British duo-piano team of Ethel Bartlett (1896-...
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Friday, September 20, 2013

Kammermusikkreis Scheck-Wenzinger

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The Swiss cellist and viola da gamba player August Wenzinger (1905-1996), a student of Feuermann, was one of the 20th century pioneers of ...
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Friday, September 13, 2013

Bartók: Quartet No. 6 (Hungarian Quartet, 1948)

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The Hungarian String Quartet: Zoltán Szekely, Alexandre Moszkowsky, Denes Koromzay, Vilmos Palotai The Hungarian String Quartet, led by...
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Friday, September 6, 2013

Hindemith, Schoenberg and Stravinsky for Band

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Cover painting by Russell Connor As I mentioned earlier, I spent much of the summer enjoying the fruits of the new Mercury Living Presen...
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Sunday, August 25, 2013

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 (Ormandy)

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Cover design by Alex Steinweiss The Ormandy series continues with what Columbia proudly hailed in its liner notes for this set as "...
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Sunday, August 18, 2013

Maggie Teyte in 18th-Century Arias

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Cover design by Henry Stahlhut The great British-born soprano Maggie Teyte, née  Margaret Tate (1888-1976) made her reputation as an int...
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Monday, August 12, 2013

Walton by the Hollywood String Quartet

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The Hollywood String Quartet The legendary Hollywood String Quartet (Felix Slatkin and Paul Shure, violins; Paul Robyn, viola; Eleanor A...
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Saturday, August 3, 2013

Brahms: Hungarian Dances (Harry Horlick)

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Harry Horlick According to Wikipedia, the Tiflis-born violinist Harry Horlick (1896-1970) learned Gypsy music while traveling with Gypsy...
Thursday, July 25, 2013

Szell and the Budapest Quartet

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George Szell George Szell (1897-1970) made his international reputation as the music director of the Cleveland Orchestra via his recordi...
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