Friday, February 28, 2014

Bill Gale - Let's Polka!

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Cover design by Alex Steinweiss "Who can resist the twinkling two-four tempo of the Polka?" So begin the liner notes for this ...
Thursday, February 20, 2014

Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 4 and 5 (Ormandy)

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Cover design by Stanley Harris More music from Scandinavia, but of much more mainstream repertoire than in my last post! This fine recor...
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Thursday, February 13, 2014

Niels Viggo Bentzon: Chamber Concerto

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Niels Viggo Bentzon, 1986 Sometimes called "the wild man of Danish music," Niels Viggo Bentzon (1919-2000) was certainly wildl...
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Sunday, February 9, 2014

Chopin: Rondo, Op. 73 (Bartlett and Robertson)

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Of the 32 issued sides recorded for American Columbia by duo-pianists Ethel Bartlett and Rae Robertson between 1940 and 1945, the two comp...
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Sunday, February 2, 2014

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 (Rodzinski)

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Cover design by Alex Steinweiss It's been quite a while since I have offered anything by Shostakovich.  Well, here is his most famou...
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Friday, January 24, 2014

Mozart: Divertimento, K. 563 (Pasquier Trio)

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The Pasquier Trio The string trio repertoire is not large, but it is rich - and made richer by the efforts of the Pasquier Trio, three b...
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Sunday, January 19, 2014

Hindemith by the Los Angeles Wind Quintet

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Good things come in small packages, goes the old cliché, and it's certainly true in this case.  Hindemith's delightful wind quinte...
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Saturday, January 11, 2014

Nielsen: Symphony No. 6 (Thomas Jensen)

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Cover design by George Maas The symphonies of Carl Nielsen have, over the past fifty years or so, entered the international concert repe...
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Friday, January 3, 2014

Franck: Quartet in D (Virtuoso String Quartet)

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In the next (February 2014) newsletter of the 78rpm Community , I have a discography of the Virtuoso String Quartet slated to appear.  In ...
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