Copland Conducts Copland
Quite often older performances can be a lot more satisfying than new ones. This concert film made in the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles in 1976 captures a memorable performance conducted by the dean …
Conductors Archive
Rachmaninov’s Symphonic Works
This set of recordings brings together Valery Gergiev’s acclaimed cycle of the complete Rachmaninov symphonies, which were recorded alongside the London Symphony Orchestra across 2008 to 2015. These masterful accounts of the Russian’s complete symphonies …
Stars of Tomorrow: Violinist Michael Barenboim
Yes, they say that the apple does not fall far from the tree. And I came across the fact today that comductor Daniel Barenboim has a son who is a violinist! I was surprised, but …
The Great Carlos Kleiber
My favorite conductor is Carlos Kleiber. While he died in 2004, he is still my favorite. From my reading I conclude that he was a complex and often a difficult person to deal with, he …
Beethoven Symphonies 4 and 5
I listened yesterday to a new recording by the Vienna Symphony Orchestra perform the symphonies numbers 4 and 5 by Beethoven. The conductor was Philippe Jordan. My principal enjoyment came from two factors: Strict adherance …