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A Beethoven Program from Berlin
Paul van KempenConductors and soloists who did not record in the stereo era are often forgotten. A good example is Fritz Lehmann, recently heard here in a Romantic overtures program. He died in 1956....
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A 'Warning Shot' from Si Zentner
My previous post from Si Zentner's big band showed him as a interpreter of the pop songs of the day, including his own hit version of "Up a Lazy River."Today his band takes on Jerry Goldsmith's music...
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Abravanel Conducts Music by Randall Thompson
A year ago I transferred Howard Hanson's classic recording of Randall Thompson's The Testament of Freedom. Today we have a fine stereo recording of that 1943 work, coupled with the composer's Symphony...
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Bach for Easter with Robert Shaw
To mark Easter this year, we have the Robert Shaw Chorale's performance of Bach's profound Cantata Christ lag in Todensbaden (Christ Lay in the Bonds of Death), BWV 4.The composition itself is an early...
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The Early Sylvia Syms, Vol. 1
Sylvia Syms was a remarkably good singer, especially early in her career. Today at the instigation of friend and vocal connoisseur Dave Federman, I'm starting a series that will present Sylvia's first...
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Maryla Jonas Remastered
Ten years ago I transferred three LPs with the playing of a forgotten pianist named Maryla Jonas (1911-59).Jonas led a difficult life, well chronicled in a Wikipedia entry. From Poland, she fled the...
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Chet Baker Plays and Sings
Trumpet player Chet Baker had a tumultuous life and career, with some highs and many lows, the latter mainly caused by substance abuse. Today we'll hear one of his most neglected LPs - dating from a...
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Abravanel Conducts Bloch's 'Sacred Service'
Today we're continuing a series of Maurice Abravanel's late-career recordings for the Angel label. The subject is Ernest Bloch's important, beautiful and moving Sacred Service (Avodath Hakodesh).As...
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Teddi King - the RCA Victor Singles
After making recordings for Atlantic, Coral and Storyville, the vocalist Teddi King landed at RCA Victor in 1956 - and was immediately successful.These blogs have already chronicled some of her earlier...
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