Two historical performances from the RIAS archives, both of which feature conductor Eugene Ormandy (1899-1985) in rare form, eliciting more pathos...
A contre image ?
À travers ses témoignages discographiques (comme dans le récent coffret RCA) enregistrés en studio, Eugène Ormandy donne l’image d’un chef...
Here are two superior performances, each, in its own way, redundant. Robert Casadesus made two fine studio recordings of the Saint-Saëns Concerto,...
Ormandy and Ansermet - Perennials in contrast
Two ‘house’ conductors of the ‘50s and ‘60s receive the retrospective treatment
During the 1950s and '60s two of the most ubiquitous conductors on disc were Eugene Ormandy in Philadelphia and Ernest Ansermet in Geneva. Both were...
Ormandy qui fut durant 44 ans le chef admiré de l'Orchestre de Philadelphie, excellait dans le répertoire romantique, qu'il a paré de coloris d'une...
On n'avait sans doute pas déjà assez de disques d'Ormandy qui a, grosso modo, enregistré trois fois le grand répertoire: une fois pour Columbia en...
These are live recordings emerging here in clean 'Honest John' mono from Audite who are quite justly held in high esteem by the German radio...