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Paul Dukas’s L’Apprenti sorcier/The Sorcerer’s Apprentice – conducted by Ansermet, Celibidache, Fournet, Martinon, Paray, and Slatkin. Bonus: Dukas’s Symphony in C.

Feb 24, 2025 | Anderson's Archive, Videos, Vinyl

Paul Dukas (1865-1935) My first recording of the Dukas, which continues to be a recommendable version. classicstoday.com – Dave Hurwitz’s first choice for Sorcerer. Certainly one of the best. Jean Martinon’s first recording (1952) of Sorcerer, of two...

My first recording of… Shostakovich Five. USSR State Symphony Orchestra/Maxim Shostakovich (son).

Dec 12, 2024 | Anderson's Archive, Videos, Vinyl

I had the HMV UK release, ASD 2668, 3/1971, illustrated. Made a big impression. Taken here from a Melodiya...

My first recording of… Sibelius’s First Symphony – Sir Malcolm Sargent & BBCSO (August 1956).

Jul 6, 2024 | Anderson's Archive, Videos

ASD 260. (I had the Classics for Pleasure reissue.) First Hand Records releases “Early stereo recordings 6 –...

My first recording of… Debussy’s Images pour orchestre – Charles Munch & Boston Symphony (1959) – from which ii: ‘Ibéria’.

Jul 6, 2024 | Anderson's Archive, Videos, Vinyl

Original cover:...

My first recording of… Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony. Ferenc Fricsay & Berliner Philharmoniker (DG, 1962).

Jul 6, 2024 | Anderson's Archive, Videos

An impressively weighty and dogged performance, although the edit and change of perspective when the final movement begins is a pity. I wonder if I noticed it all those years ago. Original cover:...

My first recording of… Handel’s Messiah, an LP of selections from Colin Davis’s LSO/Philips recording.

Jul 6, 2024 | Anderson's Archive, Videos

SAL3584-6; released...

Paul Dukas’s L’Apprenti sorcier/The Sorcerer’s Apprentice – conducted by Ansermet, Celibidache, Fournet, Martinon, Paray, and Slatkin. Bonus: Dukas’s Symphony in C.

My first recording of… Shostakovich Five. USSR State Symphony Orchestra/Maxim Shostakovich (son).

My first recording of… Sibelius’s First Symphony – Sir Malcolm Sargent & BBCSO (August 1956).

My first recording of… Debussy’s Images pour orchestre – Charles Munch & Boston Symphony (1959) – from which ii: ‘Ibéria’.

My first recording of… Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony. Ferenc Fricsay & Berliner Philharmoniker (DG, 1962).

My first recording of… Handel’s Messiah, an LP of selections from Colin Davis’s LSO/Philips recording.

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