KHCD-2011-075 (STEREO) – Russian Orchestral Masterpieces played by French Orchestras – Glinka: Ruslan and Lumilla Overture; Liadov: Fragment de l’Apocalypse Op. 66; Tchaikovsky Francesca da Rimini Op. 32 ; Borodin In the Steppes of Central Asia – Igor Markevitch/Lamoureux Orchestra; Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio espagnol – Andre Vandernoot/L’ Orchestre De La Societe Des Concerts Du Conservatoire; Tchaikovsky: […]
KHCD-2011-074 (STEREO) – Tchaikovsky: Ballet Music from Operas: Selections from “Eugen Onegin”, “The Maid of Orleans”, “The Oprichnik”, “The Sorceress”, and “Tcherevitchki” – Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Colin Davis – A fine, well-recorded collection of some lesser-known orchestral selections from Tchaikovsky’s operas, transcribed from a mint Philips LP. Magnificent playing by the […]
KHCD-2011-073 (MONO) – Marches in Mono – Marches by John Phillip Sousa, F.W. Meacham, E. F. Goldman, Earl E. McCoy, Karl L. King, J. Alford, John N. Klohr, Henry Fillmore, Harry L. Alford, F. E. Bigelow, and E. E. Bagley – Eastman Symphonic Wind Ensemble/Frederick Fennell – The spectacular mono engineering of the Mercury recording […]
KHCD-2011-072 (STEREO) – Wagner: Orchestral Selections from “Der Ring Des Nibelungen” – National Symphony Orchestra, Washington D. C./Antal Dorati – Dorati conducted the National Symphony from 1970 to 1977, and, always the orchestra builder, brought its performance standards up to higher levels of excellence. During his tenure in DC, Decca/London recorded and released several LPs, […]
KHCD-ST006 (STEREO) – Holocaust – Soundtrack to the NBC-TV Production (1978) – National Philharmonic Orchestra/Morton Gould – Morton Gould arranged musical cues from the four-part, nine-and-a-half hour movie into an extended suite, following the story-line sequence of the production. Music that is at once chilling, tender, and ultimately triumphant, this CD restores an important soundtrack […]
KHCD-2011-067 (STEREO) – Mozart: Symphony No. 35 in D, K. 385 “Haffner”; SymphonyNo. 41 in C, K. 551 “Jupiter” – Concergebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam/Eugen Jochum – Second release on Mozart symphonies as conducted by Eugen Jochum, this recorded in 1960 and first released domestically on the newly-formed Philips (USA) label in 1964. Comments apply for this […]
KHCD-2011-066 (STEREO) – Mozart: Symphony No. 36 in C, K. 425 “Linz”; Symphony No. 38 in D, K. 504 “Prague” – Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam/Eugen Jochum – Mozart was very dear to Eugen Jochum; in his recorded legacy, 91 seperate recordings of various Mozart works, studio and live, are listed. These symphonies were recorded in 1961, […]
KHCD-ST005 – Newman: The Robe (1953) – Soundtrack to the 20th Century Fox Cinemascope Production – The Robe is a 1953 American Biblical epic film that tells the story of a Roman military tribune who commands the unit that crucifies Jesus. The film was made by 20th Century Fox and is notable for being the […]
KHCD-2011-060 (STEREO) – Schubert: Symphony No. 2 in B-flat – Beethoven: Orchestral Excerpts from the ballet “Prometheus”, Op. 43 – BostonSymphony Orchestra/Charles Munch – Charles Munch and the Boston Symphony had previously recorded the Schubert 2nd Symphony in November 1949. RCA began rerecording repertory with the advent of stereo, producing the LP that contained both […]
Rimsky-Korsakov’s masterpiece Scheherazade, in Argeo Quadri’s hands, is truly outstanding, brilliantly interpreted and played . The work comes alive and one can sense that the VSOO musicians are playing on the edge of their seats.