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EAN: 0636943185926 Label: Naxos Manufacturer: Naxos Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Naxos Release Date: October 22, 2002 Studio: Naxos Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Historic De Sabata from Naxos -new issue at great price.While thoroughly agreeing with my learned collegue from Australia re. the magical Pastoral Symphony, I would like to briefly draw attention to the other works on this disc, you are not likely to hear anywhere else. The main drawing card for me in buying this record was Mossolov's Iron Foundry, I heard when I was about 8 years old at a concert in Hungary (1946). I haven't heard it ever since. It is a Soviet neo-realistic work, extremely interesting, creating the cacophony of an a foundry ... Read More Rating:  - Deemed "the best" when first issued.The recording project that has ensured that Italian conductor Victor de Sabata’s name is familiar to 21st Century collectors is the 1953 “Tosca” with Callas, di Stefano, and Gobbi. Naxos has now reissued another of his great recordings. Following its release in the late 1940s, Sabata’s recording of Beethoven’s Sixth Symphony gained extraordinary acclaim. Reviewing all available versions, the authors of the prestigious “Record Guide”, after expressing great affection ... Read More Rating: - Deemed "the best" when first issued.The recording project that has ensured that Italian conductor Victor de Sabataýs name is familiar to 21st Century collectors is the 1953 ýToscaý with Callas, di Stefano, and Gobbi. Naxos has now reissued another of his great recordings. Following its release in the late 1940s, Sabataýs recording of Beethovenýs Sixth Symphony gained extraordinary acclaim. Reviewing all available versions, the authors of the prestigious ýRecord Guideý, after expressing great affection for recordings by Toscanini and Bruno ... Read More |
