Jan 26
A personal reassessment of the Oslo Philharmonic’s Chandos recordings – 1984 -1989 Tchaikovsky: Symphony in B minor, Op. 58 , “Manfred” On August of 1986, Mariss Jansons and the Oslo Philharmonic played the Sixth Symphony of Tchaikovsky in concerts and on a quick tour to Edinburgh. Upon returning to Oslo, the orchestra recorded it for …
Jan 25
A personal reassessment of the Oslo Philharmonic’s Chandos recordings – 1984 -1989 Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 in D minor Thought that the second part of this Chandos recording reassessment would continue with Tchaikovsky, didn’t you? Well, as I noted earlier, I am going through each recording in the order that we recorded them, and the …
Jan 22
A personal reassessment of the Oslo Philharmonic’s Chandos recordings – 1984 -1989 I am in the midst of an assessment of Warner’s release of all of Mariss Jansons’ EMI recordings with the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra – or should I say – re-release – in a boxed set called Jansons – The Oslo Years. I have …
Jan 14
Warner Classics release of all twenty one EMI Jansons/Oslo recordings plus five DVDS of selected NRK TV concert broadcast concerts Sibelius: Symphony No. 1 – Karelia Suite – Finlandia This recording is the tenth in the Jansons/OPO recordings made originally for EMI and re-released as a box set by EMI’s successor, Warner Classics. Recording sessions …
Jan 06
Warner Classics release of all twenty one EMI Jansons/Oslo recordings plus five DVDS of selected NRK TV concert broadcast concerts Music of Respighi, Ravel and Dukas We are now up to recording number seven in this personal assessment of “Mariss Jansons – The Oslo Years.” This next recording is one which I call a “hodge-podge” …
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