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Classical Candor Reviews Strauss
Classical Candor (which recently named our Elgar/Vaughan Williams recording a 2013 favorite) has a new review for the Pittsburgh Symphony’s Strauss recording: “…what Maestro Honeck and his team offer are vigorous performances and excellent, live, hybrid multichannel SACD sound. … With Honeck it’s all about the excitement. … Death and Transfiguration, Op. 24 … [is] both dreadful and peaceful, ominous and tranquil, dramatic and serene, at least in Honeck’s hands, and he builds a commendably…
Classical Candor Celebrates Bizet Release
John J. Puccio of Classical Candor calls our newest San Francisco Ballet Orchestra Bizet release a “delight” and a “special occasion”: “Thus, it is a delight to welcome this latest RR entry into the catalogue, the music of French composer Georges Bizet (1838-1875), performed by Martin West and the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra. … [West] brings the light, delicate touch of the ballet conductor with him, always exercising a spring in his step, a lilt…
Classical Candor with High Praise for New Kansas City Symphony Elgar/Vaughan Williams CD
Critic, John J. Puccio offers high praise on his Classical Candor blog for our latest Kansas City Symphony recording: “Although one can certainly find a multitude of other available recordings of these pieces, few of them combine the expert performances and audiophile sound we find here. “The Wasps…Maestro Michael Stern and his Kansas City Symphony play with high good spirits. It’s fun stuff, especially the overture, which begins with sounds of a swarm of wasps.…