While George Enescu's Second Romanian Rhapsody was an enormous hit in its day and has been recorded dozens of times since then, his Second Symphony was played only once in its composer's lifetime has been recorded infrequently since then. Possibly the best combination of the two works was recorded in 1994 by Arte Nova featuring, naturally enough, ...
Brahms' Second Symphony was not only generally well-received by the public and critics alike (somewhat of a rarity for Brahms), it's also arguably one of his most joyous works. That joy is not consistently represented in this recording by Cristian Mandeal and the George Enescu Bucharest Philharmonic Orchestra. The orchestra itself produces a ...
Arte Nova's budget recordings from the 1990s may not be for connoisseurs, but others may find that many of these CDs offer perfectly fine performances and that they are quite suitable for building a classical library at a reasonable cost. Of course, there are many excellent versions of Johannes Brahms' Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68, and anyone ...
From the first three notes of the opening of Brahms' Double Concerto, listeners will be quite aware that they're in for a long hall. Despite the tempo marking of Allegro that begins the piece, the George Enescu State Philharmonic under the direction of Cristian Mandeal barely musters up a lazy Andante -- if that. Those first three notes set the ...
Arte Nova's reissues of its recordings from the 1990s may not be for the connoisseurs who bypassed them the first time out, but others may find that many of these CDs offer perfectly fine performances and that they are quite suitable for building a classical library at a reasonable cost. Of course, there are many excellent versions of Johannes ...
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