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2024-03-25 03:30:00
Dvořák: Cello Concerto et al. (CD Review)
by Karl NehringCello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104, B. 191; Klid (Silent Woods), Op. 68, B 182; Rondo in G minor, Op. 94, B. 181; Romance in F minor, Op. 11B. 39; Mazurek in E minor, Op. 49, B. 90. Zara Nelsova, cello; Ruggiero Ricci, violin; St. Louis Symphony Orchestra; Walter Susskind, conductor VOX-NX-3034CDAntonin Dvořák’s Cello Concerto is a work that is dear to many music lovers. It is filled with beautiful melodies that appeal to both the head and the heart, making it one of those pieces that can serve as a wonderful way to introduce those unfamiliar with classical music into its spellbinding realm. When I received this recording for review, I tried to remember which recording if the work I had first acquired back in the mid-1970s when I began to become seriously interested in classical music, but drew a blank. However, I vividly remember hearing the work in […]
2024-03-07 04:30:00
Dvořák: Violin & Piano Concertos (CD Review)
by Karl NehringViolin Concerto in A minor, Op. 53, B 108; Piano Concerto in G minor, Op. 33, B. 63. Ruggiero Ricci, violin; Rudolf Firkušný, piano; St. Louis Symphony Orchestra; Walter Susskind, conductor. Vox Audiophile Edition VOX-NX-3035CDNaxos has obtained the rights to the original master tapes that Elite Recordings made for the Vox label decades ago (many music lovers no doubt remember Vox, who produced many excellent budget recordings that provided a gateway into the world of classical music for those of us with limited means). Appearing on the back cover of these new “Vox Audiophile Edition” versions is a highlighted statement affirming that “The Elite recordings for Vox legendary producers Marc Aubort and Joanna Nickrenz are considered by audiophiles to be among the finest sounding orchestral recordings.” For these reissues, Naxos engineers have taken those tapes from the vaults and carefully prepared these CDs for release, the end product of their labors […]
2023-12-11 04:30:00
Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 4, Paganini Rhapsody (CD Review)
by Karl NehringRachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 1 in F sharp minor, Op 1 (1919 version); Piano Concerto No. 4 in G minor, Op. 40 (1941 version); Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 43. Abbey Simon, piano; St. Louis Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor. VOX-NX-3030CD Collectors have waited nine long months for this baby. Back in March of 2023 we reviewed the Naxos release of Abbey Simon’s traversal of the Rachmaninoff (today’s preferred spelling) Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3 (you can read that review here) as part of their ongoing project of giving new life to classic recorded performances from the Vox catalog. Many experienced music lovers of a certain age are probably familiar with Vox, a budget label that produced some real gems back in the day. Although Vox was a budget label, the sound quality on some of their releases was superb, especially those recorded by Elite Recordings (engineer Marc Aubort and producer […]
2023-11-23 04:30:00
Recent Releases No. 66 (CD Reviews)
by Karl Nehring Amazônia. Villa-Lobos: Suite Floresta de Amazonas; Glass: Metamorphosis I (from Aguas da Amazonia). Camila Provenzale, soprano; Philharmonia Zürich; Simone Menezes, conductor. Alpha Classics ALPHA 990This release pairs two works infused with the energy and exotic sounds and colors of the Amazonian jungle, brought to you courtesy of the creative imaginations of two composers of different times and hemispheres, the Brazilian Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959) and the American Philip Glass (b. 1937). Villa-Lobos wrote this music in 1958, late in his career, originally conceiving it as “a symphonic poem, a long, abstract narration that nevertheless stimulates visual echoes,” according to the CD booklet essay, which goes on the explain that the music was intended to accompany a film titled Green Mansions. Not surprisingly, the film’s producers brought in a team of Hollywood arrangers who effectively destroyed Villa-Lobos’s music. As a result, “Villa-Lobos took back his music, and made an independent concert work […]
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