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Allan Holdsworth: The Sixteen Men of Tain | Paul - Today 02:44 pm

Yes, there is more than enough evidence to suggest that this label is not a legitimate one. Go to Discogs and type in IAC Music Japan and take a look at the over 150 releases ...

Allan Holdsworth: Sand | Downunderman - November 20, 2024

This one from also from the same label: 801: 801 Live Given that the hybrid disk is made in Europe by Sony DADC maybe makes it more likely ...

Shostakovich: Symphonies 1-15 - Barshai | DYB - December 4, 2024

This is an intriguing surprise. I'll definitely get it; I have the regular CDs and these are outstanding performances.

Allan Holdsworth: The Sixteen Men of Tain | Paul - November 18, 2024

Does anyone have any information on the record label that is issuing this release, IAC Music Japan? Based on the research that I have done this appears to be an Japanese ...

Allan Holdsworth: Hard Hat Area | Paul - November 18, 2024

Does anyone have any information on the record label that is issuing this release, IAC Music Japan? Based on the research that I have done this appears to be an Japanese ...

Allan Holdsworth: Sand | Paul - November 18, 2024

Does anyone have any information on the record label that is issuing this release, IAC Music Japan? Based on the research that I have done this appears to be an Japanese ...

Shostakovich: Symphonies 1-15 - Barshai | Dave Billinge - December 6, 2024

Given that my CD set cost less than £20 many years back, and given that the set is now on Discogs for just £2.18, this is very interesting indeed. But the cost to bring this ...

Allan Holdsworth: The Sixteen Men of Tain | John Bacon-Shone - Today 07:03 am

I certainly do not believe that there is any basis for accusing this label of being a bootleg ...

A tribute to Rafael Kubelík: Mahler, Brahms, Schoenberg

Praga Digitals Reminiscences  PRD/DSD 350 118

Hybrid

Classical - Vocal

Mahler: Das klagende Lied
Brahms: Alto Rhapsody
Schoenberg: Gurrelieder (excepts)

Mahler: Julia Hamari, soprano; Rose Wagermann, mezzo; David Rendall, tenor
Brahms: Grace Hoffmann, alto
Schoenberg: Hertha Töpper, soprano; Inge Borkh, soprano; Kieth Engen, baritone; Herbert Schachtschneider, tenor
Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Rafael Kubelík


An unexpected Kubelik live concert. He said: ‘I led thousands of concerts and none fully met my expectations,’[…] ‘For me it is important to express something new every night at desk [...] tearing myself apart in fact – to give something each time and not take. Taking is not worthy of a musician’. The Furtwängler, Walter or Kleiber - who he venerated - had found their worthy successor...

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Recording

Analogue recording

Works (3)

• Johannes Brahms: Rhapsody in C minor, Op. 53 'Alto'
• Gustav Mahler: Das klagende Lied (1878-80)
• Arnold Schoenberg: Gurre-Lieder (1901/11)