Sunday, February 28, 2016

Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 3 (Efrem Zimbalist)

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Efrem Zimbalist For someone of his eminence during the golden age of violin playing, Efrem Zimbalist (1890-1985) did not have a recordin...
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Sunday, February 21, 2016

Carpenter: Adventures in a Perambulator (Ormandy)

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John Alden Carpenter Barely remembered today, John Alden Carpenter (1876-1951), born 140 years ago next Sunday (Feb. 28) in the Chicago ...
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Monday, February 8, 2016

Two "Firsts" from the Coolidge Quartet

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Nicolai Berezowsky With these two sets, I am now about two-thirds of the way through completing what Nick, of Grumpy's Classics Ca...
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Friday, January 29, 2016

Handel: Cuckoo and the Nightingale (Biggs, Fiedler)

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E. Power Biggs, 1937 As I was growing up, E. Power Biggs (1906-1977) was a one-man institution in organ-playing, at least in my awarenes...
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Sunday, January 17, 2016

Hanson's "Romantic" - The First Recording

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Howard Hanson The most popular work by Nebraska-born Howard Hanson (1896-1981) is his Second Symphony of 1930, long a favorite with yout...
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Monday, January 4, 2016

Bach by Adolf Busch

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Cover design by Darrill Connelly (?) Happy New Year, everyone! 2016 marks the 125th birth anniversary of one of the greatest musicians o...
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Monday, December 21, 2015

Mozart: Quartet in D, K. 499 (Budapest Quartet)

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As I have mentioned before, this year I came into possession of four or five Budapest Quartet sets from the ensemble's vintage period ...
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Friday, November 27, 2015

Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 (Barbirolli, 1940)

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Jean Sibelius Sorry for the long absence, but it's become more and more difficult for me to find time to work on this blog. I've...
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Wednesday, October 21, 2015

Balakirev: Piano Sonata (Louis Kentner)

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Mily Balakirev Mily Balakirev (1837-1910) is one of those composers who is more talked about than played. The founder of Russian nationa...
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