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Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 1 - Feltz | Adrian Quanjer - Today 07:21 am

Forty-five minutes of music is not much. But would that be a good enough reason for not recommending this recording (as I read somewhere else)? Looks as though quantity is ...

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Like the album itself, things are complex when it comes to the sound quality of the various issues of this title over the decades. Having only listened to the 2003 Sony SACD ...

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Mahler: Symphony No. 4 - Vänskä | hiredfox - January 14, 2020

Sorry but Vänskä as a Mahlerian just doesn't wash with me having seen and heard live what he has done to some of the romantic symphonies before.

Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 1 - Feltz | Bruce Zeisel - Today 11:54 am

I have always shaken my head at comments deriding discs that are not filled to the brim. Or (even) complaining about feeling "shortchanged". Adrian said: Please note that I ...

Puccini: Tosca - Prêtre

Warner Music (Japan)  WPCS-13184/5 (2 discs)

Stereo Hybrid

Classical - Opera

Puccini: Tosca

Maria Callas, Floria Tosca
Carlo Bergonzi, Mario Cavaradossi
Tito Gobbi, Scarpia
Leonardo Monreale, Cesare Angelotti & Un carceriere
Renato Ercolani, Spoletta
Giorgio Tadeo, Il sagrestano
Ugo Trama, Sciarrone
David Sellar, Un pastore
Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire
Georges Prêtre

All

Recording

Analogue recording

Works (1)

• Giacomo Puccini: Tosca

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