This is my favorite Alpine recording for the interpretation and the recording. In particular, the sunset section is sublime, but the most compelling reason is the timpanist, ...
An unusual coupling. The 4th Symphony is unremarkable and uninspiring. Järvi's reading of these works is fairly conventional (in my view) offering littlle over the many ...
Many years ago, probably in the 1990s, I remember seeing/hearing Simone Young conducting at the Metropolitan Opera, and she was so... ordinary and instantly forgettable. I ...
Exton offers a small selection of his catalogue in a sort of prime series, which is labeled as OVXL instead of the standard OVCL series. OVXL titles are 'direct cut' versions. ...