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  There are many recordings of the Ninth (including a beautiful version in video with the Berlin RSO) conducted by Jochum, but it is not so ...

Another complete Szell concert featuring a great work not included in his "official" discography: Bartok's Violin Concerto no....

  It is certainly not usual to precede a performance of Mahler's Ninth with a piece by Johann Strauss II, but it is precisely the comple...

To immediately capture the attention there is of course an early performance of DSCH Cello Concerto no. 1, created in Leningrad (october 4, ...

  Of course Giulini is best known for his work on Bruckner with the Chicago and Vienna orchestras, but this Ninth in Los Angeles is no less ...

  MOZART  Piano Concerto no. 12 K. 414 Piano Concerto no. 14 K. 449 Piano Concerto no. 20 K. 466 Wiener Philharmoniker MAURIZIO POLLINI, pia...

A great broadcast recording in very good sound. SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 4  Czech Philharmonc Orchestra  Karel Ančerl  Live - Smetana Hall,...

  Here another long time out of print CD in a new rip. The mid-price "Virtuoso" label didn't have a long life, but in the late...

  Another superb Munch CD "brought to safety". As in the previous case, new rip with full scans. But in THIS case, since it's ...

I really enjoyed this 1990 Leinsdorf live recording: but above all the SOBR offers a particular lush, opulent, really fantastic sound; from ...

  I don't think I've seen this wonderful CD around, at least not recently: so I propose it to you a new rip, complete with scans. Li...

  Well, three posts to make up for an inactive December. Best wishes to everyone for a beautiful new year! According to the BBC Proms Chrono...

  A truly historic document, as always when an important composer - whatever his strengths and limitations as a conductor - presents his own...

  Despite the extensive work on Mahler by Ozawa, from the Philips cycle in Boston plus the First Symphony with Blumine (DG) to the most rece...

  Well, this is really something! Conductor and soloist are at their best and the sound recording is quite vivid. One of the best - if not t...

  Pierre Fournier also performed the World Premiere of Frank Martin's Concerto in Basel on January 26, 1967. Here is the American premie...

  DEBUSSY  Trois Nocturnes (May 1938) La Damoiselle élue (Nov. 1934) 2 Danses (March 1929) La Mer (Oct. 1932) Prélude à l'après-midi d...

  Two documents that testify the high level of this orchestra in the 50s: after all, they usually worked with Walter, Furtwängler, Karajan, ...

  LISZT Les Préludes RIMSKI-KORSAKOV Shéhérazade, Symphonic Suite op. 35 STRAVINSKY L'Oiseau de feu, suite Berliner Philharmoniker OSKAR...

  Here we are again! And here's something interesting, in really good sound. In addition, the first mov. performed during the Geneva Com...

  An interesting Mravinsky rarity: mainly because we can listen here some of his early recordings (not much remains of him until the mid-50s...

Another rare Ancerl live. A delightful Beethoven 6, in search of simplicity rather than the timbral ecstasy (in opposite ways) of Karajan an...

  Well, these two audio documents are full of questions that I turn to you, if you have any opinions  or if you know anything about it. It i...

MAHLER Symphony No. 5 Toronto Symphony Orchestra KAREL ANCERL Live - November 4, 1969 FLAC + Scans  

  I fished out this CD bought several years ago, I don't remember where (maybe in a used record store?) I take the opportunity to "...

The previous post dedicated to Enescu was very well received, so I'll add this.  A very rare OOP CD. Enescu - Complete Columbia Recordin...

  A long time OOP CD which contains a 1952 concert  (with extremely good sound for the period). Kna's severe and "massive" sty...

  The studio recording of the Second with Giulini on the podium  of the Wiener Symphoniker is generally considered one of the best in the ca...

  Bach - Magnificat & Brandenburg Concerto no. 5 Wagner - Lohengrin Preludes I-III, Meistersinger Preludes I-III Budapest Symphony Orche...

A little late (but the last few weeks have been very busy),  a small tribute on the tenth anniversary of his death (20 January 2014).  CD Hu...