Historic Broadcasts 1923-87 [Box set]
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Culled from New York Philharmonic broadcasts spanning 75 years, this remarkable 10-disc compilation testifies to the strong-willed yet chameleon-like orchestra's virtuosity and versatility under a diverse assemblage of podium personalities. Stylistically speaking, the earlier items are the most interesting, revealing, for instance, a more vibrant Otto Klemperer and freer Arturo Toscanini than their later commercial efforts sometimes suggest. Other artists are heard in repertoire which they otherwise didn't record: Fritz Reiner's Brahms 2nd, Leonard Bernstein's Berg and Webern, and a wrenching concert version of Bartók's Bluebeard's Castle under Kubelík's direction, to name but a few. From program notes to transfer quality, not one stone is left unturned to ensure first-rate results. --Jed Distler
New York Philharmonic: The Historic Broadcasts, 1923 to 1987, Music, Donald Gramm, Stanley Drucker, Johann Sebastian Bach, Bela Bartok, Ludwig van Beethoven, Alban Berg, Johannes Brahms, Anton Bruckner, Fryderyk Chopin, Aaron Copland, John Corigliano, Claude Debussy, Gabriel Faure, Mikhail Glinka, Felix Mendelssohn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Francis Poulenc, Maurice Ravel, Arnold Schoenberg, Dmitry Shostakovich, Jean Sibelius, Johann II Strauss, Richard Strauss, Igor Stravinsky, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Richard Wagner, William Walton, Anton Webern, Andre Kostelanetz, Artur Rodzinski, Arturo Toscanini, Bruno Walter, Charles Münch, Dimitri Mitropoulos, Erich Leinsdorf, Fritz Reiner, George Szell, Guido Cantelli, Igor Stravinsky, Josef Krips, Leonard Bernstein, Leopold Stokowski, Nadia Boulanger, Otto Klemperer, Pierre Monteux, Rafael Kubelik, Sir John Barbirolli
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