KHCD-2011-080 (STEREO) – Fennell conducts Cole Porter – Frederick Fennell and Orchestra /Fennell conducts Broadway Marches Frederick Fennell/Eastman –Rochester Orchestra Winds, Brass, and Percussion – Mercury records utilized the 35mm film recording technique in both classical and orchestral pop sessions from 1959 on through the 60s, just as Command, and Everest. The “Perfect Presence Sound” […]
KHCD-2011-079-2CD (STEREO) – Rózsa conducts Rózsa – Overture to a Symphony Concert, Op. 26/a; Three Hungarian Sketches, Op. 14; Notturna Ungherese, Op. 26; Theme, Variations and Finale, Op. 13; Concerto for String Orchestra, Op. 17; Kaleidoscope, Op. 19a (Six Short Pieces for Small Orchestra); Variations on a Hungarian Peasant Song, for violin and orchestra, Op. […]
KHCD-2011-078 (STEREO) – Korngold: Concerto in D for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 35 (Ulf Hoelscher, violin); Suite from the Incidental Music to Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing”, Op. 11; Theme and Variations, Op. 42 – Willy Mattes/Stuttgart Radio Orchestra – Three brilliant pieces covering Korngold’s non-movie-related orchestral pieces, highlighted by the 1947 Violin Concerto. He […]
KHCD-2011-077 (STEREO) – Brahms: Symphony No. 3 in F, Op. 90; Variations on a Theme of Haydn, Op. 56a – L’ Orchestre de la Suisse Romande/Ernest Ansermet – Ansermet recorded the Classical and Romantic repertoire late in his career, much to the surprise of some critics. His interpretations of Brahms’ symphonies fit perhaps between Klemperer’s […]
KHCD-2011-076-2CD (STEREO) – The Artistry of Rudolf Kempe – Music by Heuberger, Humperdinck, Lehár, Mendelssohn, Resnicek, Suppé, and the Strauss Family – Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra/Rudolf Kempe – Rudolf Kempe (1910-1976) Principal Conductor to some of the leading orchestras and opera houses in Europe, was one of the last representatives of the great German […]
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 […]