Historical Gems

Historical Gems: Furtwängler’s ’50 Scala Ring – Remastered

Robert Levine

This is a known quantity, having been available in many […]

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Historic Gems: The 1930 Solesmes Choir Gregorian Chant Recordings

Jed Distler

The 1930 recordings by the Monks at the Abbey of

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Rosbaud From The Archives: A Collector’s Near-Complete Bruckner Cycle

Jens F. Laurson

Hans Rosbaud, born in Graz, Austria in 1895, led Germany’s

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Historical Gems: A Grandly Communicative Live Messiaen Vingt Regards

Jed Distler

Pianist Jean-Rodolphe Kars made a handful of studio recordings for

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Big Boxes: Revisiting the Budapest String Quartet’s 1951/2 Beethoven Cycle

Jed Distler

Recorded in the Coolidge Auditorium at the Library of Congress,

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Historical Gems: Arrau’s EMI Chopin Recital

Jed Distler

EMI first reissued Claudio Arrau’s 1960 Chopin Third Sonata and

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Furtwängler’s Newly Discovered Manfred Overture

David Hurwitz

None of these performances constitute essential Furtwängler, not even the

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Historical Gems: Ormandy Conducts Bluebeard’s Castle, And How!

David Hurwitz

This is a hoot. Who knew that in 1960, Eugene

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Historical Gems: Hans Rosbaud Conducts Weber and Mendelssohn

David Hurwitz

Collectors have been waiting for an official SWR Hans Rosbaud

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Historic Gems: Michelangeli’s 1965 Salzburg Recital

Jed Distler

These previously unreleased recordings of the Bach/Busoni Chaconne and the

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Riccardo Chailly’s 10 Best Recordings (video)

David Hurwitz October 31, 2022

Christmas From Norway

David Vernier October 31, 2022

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Big Boxes: The Complete Arrau Warner Edition

Jed Distler October 31, 2022

WFMT Launches New Weekly Series–SOUNDS CLASSICAL–On December 9
by ClassicsToday
November 15, 2022
Chicago, IL; November 14, 2022—WFMT classical radio will premiere a new 60-minute weekly series, SOUNDS CLASSICAL, beginning Friday, December 9, 2022 at 8:00 pm on
Announcing The Ruth Bader Ginsburg Fund for Vocal Recordings
by ClassicsToday
October 3, 2022
September 23, 2022—At its recent annual benefit, Soirée Cedille, Cedille Records announced an exciting new initiative. The Ruth Bader Ginsburg Fund for Vocal Recordings honors
Berkshire Festival’s Don Giovanni–Darker Than Dark
by Robert Levine
August 29, 2022
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, Great Barrington, MA; August 20, 2022—Now in its sixth season, the entirely professional Berkshire Opera Festival operates out of a 600-seat,