Raymond Bisha presents the primary in a sequence of podcasts that discover newly remastered recordings on the VOX label courting from the Seventies. This instalment options 4 albums by the St Louis Symphony Orchestra below Leonard Slatkin, during which the orchestra and solo pianists Abbey Simon and Jeffrey Siegel variously carry out works by Rachmaninov and Gershwin. The ‘silent stars’, nonetheless, are Marc Aubort and Joanna Nickrenz, the albums’ authentic, legendary recording engineers who’re credited with producing a few of the most interesting ever examples of recorded orchestral sound.
Featured releases
VOX-NX-3013CD: Rachmaninov Symphony No. 2, Vocalise
VOX-NX-3014CD: Rachmaninov Piano Concertos 2 & 3, with pianist Abbey Simon
VOX-NX-3018CD: Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue, with pianist Jeffrey Siegel
VOX-NX-3019CD: Gershwin Cuban Overture
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