Classical Reissue Reviews
Jascha Heifetz in works of BACH, VIEUXTEMPS & GRUENBERG – DuttonPublished on May 20, 2012
An anomalous collection of Heifetz recordings, 1935-1946, displays his brilliant lyrical technique and burnished style to good effect.
SAINT-SAENS: Complete Symphonies = Orch. de l’ORTF/ Jean Martinon – Brilliant Classics (2)Published on May 18, 2012
These inscriptions of 1972-75, originally recorded for EMI, are classics of their kind.
MAHLER: Symphony No. 9 – New York Philharmonic/ Dimitri Mitropoulos – ArchipelPublished on May 17, 2012
A moment of emotional white heat from New York in 1960, with Dimitri Mitropoulos at the helm in Mahler’s last-completed symphony.
Piero Coppola = SCHUMANN: Symphony No. 1 “Spring”; Symphony No. 3 “Rhenish”; WAGNER: Parsifal: Instr. Excerpts R. STRAUSS: Salome: Instr. Excerpts – Pristine AudioPublished on May 13, 2012
Piero Coppola leads fiery renditions of Schumann from London and Paris; but the grimly sensational music of Strauss may impel the collector to audition this excellent restoration.
Harry Blech and the London Mozart Players: The Complete HMV Stereo Recordings, Vol. 2 = MOZART: Symphony No. 36; Piano Concerto No. 24; 12 Minuets – Louis Kentner, piano – First Hand RecordsPublished on May 11, 2012
The London Mozart Players return in elegant style to realize the lyrical and dramatic intentions of their Austrian master, here assisted by the veteran Louis Kentner.
Marguerite Long plays RAVEL: Piano Concerto in G; BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 3; D’INDY: Symphony on a French Mountain Air – Marguerite Long, p./ Orch. cond. Pedro de Freitas Branco (Ravel)/ Paris Conservatory Orch./ Felix Weingartner (Beethoven)/ Colonne Sym. Orch. / Paul Paray (D’Indy) – DuttonPublished on May 10, 2012
Marguerite Long reigned as the supreme virtuoso of her time; and the two Gallic works confirm her prowess, while the Beethoven fares less successfully.
MOZART: Requiem in D Minor; SCHUBERT: Symphony No. 5 – soloists/ BBC Chorus/ Royal Philharmonic Orch./ Sir Thomas Beecham – PristinePublished on May 07, 2012
Beecham’s Mozart Requiem may not be that of Bruno Walter, but it revives our sense of a unique personal statement of faith.
DUKAS: Orchestral Music = Fanfare; La Peri; Symphony in C Major; L’Apprenti Sorcier, Scherzo – Radio Philharmonic Orch./ Jean Fournet – RegisPublished on May 06, 2012
French conductor Jean Fournet leads a sympathetic and richly colored series of works by Paul Dukas, some of the lovely few he did not destroy.
STEPHEN ALBERT: In Concordium; TreeStone – Ilkka Talvi, violin/Lucy Shelton, sop./David Gordon, tenor/ Seattle Sym./New York Ch. Sym./ Gerard Schwarz – NaxosPublished on May 02, 2012
Great way to get to know one of America’s best composers!
![Cyprien Katsaris: Piano Rarities, Vol. 2: French Composers [TrackList follows] – Piano 21](http://audaud.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/KatsarisRarities2.jpg "Cyprien Katsaris: Piano Rarities, Vol. 2: French Composers [TrackList follows] – Piano 21")
Cyprien Katsaris: Piano Rarities, Vol. 2: French Composers [TrackList follows] – Piano 21Published on May 01, 2012
Katsaris takes us on a tour of French keyboard music familiar and esoteric, some of it tailored to his own bravura style.