KlassikNet: 101 Meilleurs Disques de Musique Classique (en français)
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KlassikNet: 101 Meilleurs Disques de Musique Classique (en français)
By Hugues Mousseau and Joseph E. Romero
Just as great wines have their great years, so works of
music have their "vintage" recordings which are of major
historical significance and establish the standards by which all other
recorded performances are judged. The comparison stops there because the
shelf-price of a great recording is most often the same as a mediocre one.
Over 500 new releases come on to the market each month. Unless you are a specialist, who knows the real value of what's in the bins. Building a coherent record library can therefore be a daunting task, not to say very expensive if you get it wrong! KLASSIKNET's 101 Best proposes a collection of vintage recordings worthy of the most demanding connoisseur.
This really isn't as corny as it looks. Carlos Kleiber and his Viennese band knock the socks off these dances. Strauss waltzes and polkas were the Saturday Night Fever of Imperial Vienna. Today, this is a big Eurovision event watched by millions of Europeans nursing hangovers on New Year's Day.
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