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BEETHOVEN: SYMPHONIES NOS. 1 AND 6 (EMI). Roger Norrington and the London Classical Players re-create on original instruments the lusty sounds of Beethoven's time...
...just 10% of the U.S. market for recorded music, in contrast to 52% for cassettes and 34% for compact discs. In the first half of this year, manufacturers shipped only $303 million in LPs, down 23% from the same period in 1987. Some record labels, including Warner Bros. and EMI, no longer maintain some titles in LP versions. Several classical labels, notably Deutsche Grammophon and CBS Masterworks, sell most new releases only in cassette and CD. In Japan CDs have already captured 50% of the market...
SHOW BOAT (EMI). The classic Mississippi musical jes' keeps rollin' along, here with such stern-wheeling operatic voices as Frederica von Stade and Teresa Stratas. The first recording that is completely faithful to the original Kern-Hammerstein score reveals a raw, powerful, even angry work. And you thought it was "only make-believe...
SHOW BOAT (EMI). The classic Mississippi musical jes' keeps rollin' along, here with such stern-wheeling operatic voices as Frederica von Stade and Teresa Stratas. The first recording that is completely faithful to the original Kern-Hammerstein score reveals a raw, powerful, even angry work. And you thought it was "only make-believe...
STRAVINSKY: PETRUSHKA; SYMPHONY IN THREE MOVEMENTS (EMI). Britain's Simon Rattle and his City of Birmingham Orchestra shake and roll in Stravinsky's great ballet score, then offer a poised, precise symphony...