Because it was mentioned in a short fiction piece in last month’s The Atlantic.
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The Freiburg Baroque Orchestra is doing a series of the Mozart Piano concertos with K Bezuidenhout as soloist. I have them all and the sound is excellent (24/96) as are the performances.
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Wilms was highly regarded in his own time, even compared to Beethoven. His music then fell into obscurity but has been rediscovered recently. There are lots of good recordings of him around, but I like this one particularly because in the sinfonie concertante you can clearly hear the solo instruments playing against the orchestra. Excellent sound (24/96} and performance.
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I am Qobuz-ing it now. Its precisely to my tastes
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A true warhorse Holst The Planets LA Philharmonic directed by Zubin Mehta. Sonically this OG Decca LP is the one to have.
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Having come to the music of Bela Bartok during my mid-high school years I have continue to enjoy Bartok and this particular performance. Bartok opened my mind and my ears to the sound of contemporary composers such as Stravinsky, Webern, Schoenberg, and Ives. Sonically this a solid recording even though it is only a lowly original mono shaded dog pressing. Reiner gets it just right.
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