The Year 1995 – Part One It has been some time since I finished the previous post in this series which dealt with the events of the last part of 1994. That was a very busy period for both the orchestra and myself musically – two recording sessions, several tours and the orchestra’s seventy-fifth anniversary …
February 2022 archive
Feb 23
Jansons – The Oslo Years – A Personal Reassessment – Part Seven
Warner Classics release of all twenty one EMI Jansons/Oslo recordings plus five DVDS of selected NRK TV concert broadcast concerts Sibelius: Symphonies No. 3 & 5 The year 1994 saw the Oslo Philharmonic and Mariss Jansons make two recordings for EMI. The first was devoted to the music of Camille Saint-Saens and was discussed in …
Feb 17
Jansons – The Oslo Years – A Personal Reassessment – Part Six
Warner Classics release of all twenty one EMI Jansons/Oslo recordings plus five DVDS of selected NRK TV concert broadcast concerts Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps/Petrushka (1947 version) This recording was the last in a busy recording year for us. The year 1992 saw Jansons and the Oslo Philharmonic record the Dvorak Seventh and Eighth Symphonies, …
Feb 08
Jansons – The Oslo Years – A Personal Reassessment – Part Five
Warner Classics release of all twenty one EMI Jansons/Oslo recordings plus five DVDS of selected NRK TV concert broadcast concerts Dvorak: Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8 After taking a break on this personal reassessment of the Jansons/Oslo/EMI recordings as re-released on Warner, I’m ready to dive in with these next three recordings. The first of …
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