Aug 6, 2025 | Anderson's Archive, Unexpected, Videos
Frank Sinatra and Felix Slatkin Frankly, I was unaware that the HSQ had recorded Schubert’s ‘Death and the Maiden’ Quartet, which means I am at least one short of Testament’s releases of this estimable and enduring ensemble. Hollywood String...
Jul 9, 2025 | Anderson's Archive, Ramblings, Videos
Erich Leinsdorf (1912-93). Boston Symphony music director...
May 22, 2025 | Anderson's Archive, Videos, Vinyl
Ansermet/Suisse Romande Orchestra. Decca. Decca. DG. My first recording of this work. Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra. Christopher Hogwood/Academy of Ancient Music. L’Oiseau-lyre. Berliner Philharmoniker; DG. Karajan recorded H82-87 (Paris) & H93-104...
May 13, 2025 | Anderson's Archive, Back Catalogue Reviews, Outstanding [category w.e.f. January 2021], Recording Soundbites
Having been, and remaining, enthused about the recordings made by Lovro von Matačić with the Czech Philharmonic, recently boxed by Supraphon, I returned to Matačić’s tapings found on the admirable Testament label, founded by the late Stewart Brown, a storehouse...
Mar 8, 2025 | Anderson's Archive, Boulez centenary - March 26, 2025, Concert Reviews, Ravel 150: born 1875 on March 7, Videos
Photo of Anna Vinnitskaya by Gela Megrelidze Saturday, March 8, 2025 Berliner Philharmonie, Herbert-von-Karajan-Straße, Berlin For the third week running the Berliner Philharmoniker welcomed a debut conductor, this time Joana Mallwitz, who heads up the...
Mar 7, 2025 | Anderson's Archive, Boulez centenary - March 26, 2025, News, Ravel 150: born 1875 on March 7, Videos, Vinyl
My first recording of Daphnis. Munch made a second version, also Boston. Orchestrated by Marius Constant. Orchestre National de Lyon/Leonard Slatkin (Naxos). January 15, 2021, Rolf Liebermann Studio, Hamburg. London Symphony Orchestra. October 20, 2020. Doyen,...
