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...past several years, rumors of Kissin's prowess have been filtering out of the Soviet Union. At 12, he played both Chopin piano concertos on the same program in Moscow, his home city. There were sightings in Berlin, Budapest and Belgrade. About two years ago, Herbert von Karajan gave him the kiss of recognition by inviting the lad to play the Tchaikovsky concerto with the Berlin Philharmonic. The major record labels came running...
...chubby girl with the baby face so impressed the late maestro Herbert von Karajan that he described her talent as a "miracle." Thirteen years after her concert debut with the Berlin Philharmonic, wunderkind ANNE-SOPHIE MUTTER is still wunderbar. At 27 she has matured into one of the world's finest violinists. On a demanding schedule, she has already played her way around the globe this year, traveling with her two prized Stradivarius violins, her bow and her signature strapless designer dresses...
...with inevitable force to form coherent, if sometimes debatable, interpretations. The digital remastering is admirable, though limited dynamic range and parched sound can yield lusterless strings and tinny horns. The informed listener will find this offering indispensable, but those beginning a music library should try the safer Herbert von Karajan or Roger Norrington sets...
...deny that the choices are sound ones. Abbado is a conductor of great range, equally at home, as Karajan was, in opera and symphonic music. His repertoire, however, is wider than Karajan's largely meat-and-potatoes Central European diet. "Musical history does not end with Puccini," Abbado declared after his election by the self-governing orchestra. Salonen, whose photogenic, blond good looks are sure to be an asset in image-conscious Los Angeles, is even more adventurous. "The Salonen appointment in Los Angeles indicates an orchestra possibly trying to change the image of what an orchestra might be about...
...reason that Karajan, Karl Bohm, Carlo Maria Giulini, Sir Georg Solti and the other gerontocrats who dominated the musical scene after World War II were able to last so long was that there was simply no seasoned competition: the conflict killed off a whole generation of Europeans and some Americans, from whose ranks their successors might ordinarily have emerged. Partly as a result, the repertoire stagnated as Karajan and his contemporaries grew increasingly out of touch...