Tag: Fritz Reiner
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Respighi: Pines, Fountains & Festivals of Rome
“These legendary Pines and Fountains, recorded in Chicago still have the power to astonish, by the sheer quality of the orchestral playing and the richly translucent sound and incredibly subtle detail … wonderful internal balances in the music’s quieter passages are a credit to conductor and engineers … playing is quite glorious and many touches…
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Symphonies Nos. 4 and 9
(in the year before Dr. Walter’s own death .. his friend Mahler’s own 9th symphony) “he unerringly builds up consistent structure, controlling tempo closely … middle movements are sharply focussed, and the finale tough and stoically strong” (3 stars) (4th) “sound has attractively vivid detail, naturally glowing … everything Reiner does sounds spontaneous … Viennese…