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Posted By : daksya | Date : 30 Aug 2009 05:24:51 | Comments : 5

Antonín Dvořák's Complete Symphonies - Václav Neumann w/ Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
6 CDs, 373:52 | D D D | Supraphon | EAC, APE image, CUE, Logs | Covers | RS | 1719 MB
Classical - Romantic period | Orchestral Music - Symphony | Composed 1865-1893 | Recording 1980s


Classics Today:
Supraphon's first-rate sonics also distinguish this, the most consistently excellent of all complete Dvorák symphony cycles, from the rest of the pack. - David Hurwitz
Posted By : daksya | Date : 28 Aug 2009 08:15:28 | Comments : 0

Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat, "Emperor", Op. 73 & Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Op. 109 - Stephen Kovacevich, Colin Davis w/ London Symphony Orchestra
1 CD, 59:30 | A D D | Philips | EAC, APE image, CUE, No Logs | No Scans | RS | 234 MB
Classical - Classical period | Orchestral Music - Concerto, Solo - Sonata | Composed 1809, 1820 | Recording 1969
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Posted By : daksya | Date : 25 Aug 2009 06:25:54 | Comments : 1

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Violin Concertos K.207, K.211, K.216, K.218, K.219; Violin Adagio K.261, Violin Rondo K.373, Sinfonia Concertante K.364
Arthur Grumiaux, Colin Davis w/ London Symphony Orchestra, Raymond Leppard w/ New Philharmonia Orchestra, Arrigo Pellicia
2 CDs, 153:19 | A D D | Philips | EAC, APE image, CUE, Logs | Scans | RS | 787 MB
Classical - Classical period | Orchestral Music - Concerto | Composed 1773-81 | Recording 1961, 1962, 1964, 1967


Classics Today:
Grumiaux's Mozart cycle remains largely unchallenged
Posted By : daksya | Date : 22 Aug 2009 11:30:37 | Comments : 3

Antonín Dvořák's Slavonic Dances, Op. 46 & Op. 72 - Karel Šejna w/ Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
1 CD, 71:22 | A D D | Supraphon | EAC, FLAC image, CUE, Logs | LQ Scans | RS | 375 MB
Classical - Romantic period | Orchestral Music - Folk Dance | Composed 1878, 1886 | Recording 1959

And fine as these performances are... the best Slavonic Dances of all is Karel Sejna's with this same orchestra, which was recorded in very good stereo. - David Hurwitz
Posted By : daksya | Date : 20 Aug 2009 06:48:10 | Comments : 2

Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 2 in C minor, colloq. "Resurrection" - Zubin Mehta w/ Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
1 CD, 81:11 | A D D | Decca | EAC, APE image, CUE, Logs | Scans | RS | 360 MB
Classical - Romantic period | Orchestral Music - Symphony | Composed 1894 | Recording 1975


Classics Today:
Zubin Mehta (Decca) is an unquestionable first choice, and with excellent recorded sound and vital playing from the Vienna Philharmonic, what more could you want?
Posted By : daksya | Date : 18 Aug 2009 19:39:45 | Comments : 1

Antonín Dvořák's Symphony No. 9 in E minor, "From the New World", Op. 95 - George Szell w/ Cleveland Orchestra
1 CD, 39:30 | A D D | CBS Records | EAC, APE image, CUE, Logs | Scans | RS | 190 MB
Classical - Romantic period | Orchestral Music - Symphony | Composed 1893 | Recording 1959
Posted By : daksya | Date : 18 Aug 2009 08:03:10 | Comments : 0

Antonín Dvořák's Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88 - George Szell w/ Cleveland Orchestra
1 CD, 35:33 | A D D | CBS Records | EAC, APE image, CUE, Logs | Scans | RS | 185 MB
Classical - Romantic period | Orchestral Music - Symphony | Composed 1889 | Recording 1958

George Szell's Dvorák performances feature his customary blend of razor sharp orchestral discipline allied to a wholly idiomatic, singing line. - David Hurwitz
Posted By : daksya | Date : 16 Aug 2009 14:08:58 | Comments : 2

Ottorino Respighi's Fontane di Roma, Pini di Roma & Claude Debussy's La Mer - Fritz Reiner w/ Chicago Symphony Orchestra
1 CD, 62:12 | Super Audio CD, DSD | RCA Red Seal/Sony BMG | EAC, FLAC image, CUE, Logs | Scans | RS | 361 MB
Classical - Modern period | Orchestral Music - Symphonic poem | Composed 1916, 1924, 1905 | Recording 1959, 1959, 1960


The reference recordings for the Respighi.
Posted By : daksya | Date : 15 Aug 2009 11:08:43 | Comments : 6

Igor Stravinsky's ballets Le Sacre du Printemps & Pétrouchka - Pierre Boulez w/ Cleveland Orchestra & New York Philharmonic
1 CD, 68:56 | A D D | Sony Classics | EAC, FLAC tracks, CUE, Logs | LQ Scans | RS | 338 MB
Classical - Modern period | Orchestral Music - Ballet | Composed 1947, 1911 | Recording 1969, 1971

Gramophone review, Sep 92:
Even in these days of super-efficient Rites and Petrushkas, Boulez can still find in these scores many subtle and beautiful details that are lost in the rush or the brilliance of some showier readings, and his precision of ear is audible on page after page.
Posted By : daksya | Date : 14 Aug 2009 14:13:19 | Comments : 0

Ludwig van Beethoven's Violin Sonatas No. 5 'Spring' & No. 9 'Kreutzer' - Yehudi Menuhin (violin), Wilhelm Kempff (piano)
1 CD, 66:27 | A D D | DG | dBpoweramp, FLAC tracks, No CUE, No Logs | No Scans | RS | 295 MB
Classical - Classical period | Chamber Music - Sonata for violin & piano | Composed 1800-1803 | Recording 1970


Gramophone review, Nov 1974:
Menuhin and Kempff seem in just about total agreement about how to play these sonatas: with enough attack to project their dramatic moments in a domestic context, and with enough repose to show their lyrical moments in the very best of lights.
Posted By : daksya | Date : 13 Aug 2009 15:56:21 | Comments : 5

Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 4 in E-flat major - Günter Wand w/ Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
1 CD, 68:40 | DDD | RCA Red Seal | EAC, APE image, CUE, Logs | Scans | RS | 321 MB
Classical - Romantic period | Orchestral Music - Symphony | Composed 1878, finale 1880 | Recording 1998


Recorded live in concert in January, 1998, the Günter Wand/Berlin Philharmonic Bruckner Fourth was released in Europe that fall. It got a rave review in Gramophone and garnered that magazine's disc of the year award. - Jed Distler
Posted By : daksya | Date : 09 Aug 2009 17:34:39 | Comments : 6

Olivier Messiaen's Quatuor pour la fin du temps - Tashi: Peter Serkin, Ida Kavafian, Fred Sherry, Richard Stoltzman
1 CD, 47:25 | A D D | RCA Victor Gold Seal | EAC, FLAC image, CUE, Logs | Photo Scans | RS | 225 MiB
Classical - Modern period | Chamber Music - String Quartet | Composed 1941 | Recording 1975

The definitive performance of one of the most profound works of the 20th century.