Thursday, April 30, 2015

Hindemith from the Recording Horn

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Happy May Day! Some fifteen months ago, when I uploaded the Los Angeles Wind Quintet's recording of Hindemith's delightful Kleine ...
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Sunday, April 26, 2015

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 (Ormandy)

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In 1937, the name of Leopold Stokowski must have seemed inextricably bound with that of the Philadelphia Orchestra, as far as record buyer...
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Monday, April 20, 2015

Stravinsky: Petrouchka (Coates)

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Another Albert Coates birth anniversary is upon us (April 23 - Thursday, this year), so for this week I present his version of Stravinsky...
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Monday, April 13, 2015

Happy Birthday, Gregor Piatigorsky!

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Unsigned cover design for Columbia MX-258 This Friday, April 17, marks the 112th anniversary of the birth of one of the greatest cellist...
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Friday, April 3, 2015

Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Overture (Stokowski, 1942)

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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (portrait by Ilya Repin, 1893) For Easter weekend, and in celebration of Leopold Stokowski's birth month (A...
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Saturday, March 28, 2015

Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 4 (Dennis Brain)

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Cover design by Alex Steinweiss Today I present one of the earliest solo recordings by the tragically short-lived horn virtuoso Dennis B...
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Tuesday, March 17, 2015

William Boyce: 8 Symphonies (Max Goberman)

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Max Goberman The Philadelphia-born violinist and conductor Max Goberman (1911-1962) was a true recording pioneer. He will probably alway...
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Thursday, March 12, 2015

Two More by the Coolidge Quartet

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Robert McBride I recently acquired two more recordings by the Coolidge Quartet (William Kroll and Nicolai Berezowsky, violins; Nicholas ...
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Thursday, March 5, 2015

Brahms: Symphony No. 2 (Barbirolli)

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John Barbirolli, c. 1940 Surely one of the hardest acts to follow in the history of orchestras and their conductors was Toscanini and hi...
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