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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Virtuoso Oboe (Andre Lardrot, oboe; the Vienna State Opera Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Felix Prohaska; Vanguard). Oboist Lardrot flitters his agile way through selections from Cimarosa, Handel, Haydn, Albinoni in a delightful demonstration of the richly colored range of one of the orchestra's less glamorous members. Haydn's Concerto...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Classical Records | 11/2/1959 | See Source »

...Vienna State Opera Chamber Orchestra conducted by Felix Prohaska; Vanguard, 3 LPs. Vienna soloists conducted by Jascha Horenstein; Vox, 2 LPs). The Vanguard set of these masterpieces is played more cohesively and soulfully, particularly in such spots as the dissonant slow movement in Concerto No. 1. Vox's interpretations are more rugged and, in the low-toned No. 6, merrier. Standout performer: the Vanguard trumpeter, who tootles his sky-high part in No. 2 with insolent ease. Vox says it used a "clarino" for the part, which sounds more like a clarinet than a trumpet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: New Records, Jan. 17, 1955 | 1/17/1955 | See Source »

Other noteworthy new releases: Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach: Magnificat (Vienna State Opera Orchestra) ; Akademie Choir and soloists conducted by Felix Prohaska; Bach Guild, 2 LPs); Conrad Beck: Viola Concerto (Walter Kagi; L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande conducted by Jean Meylan; London); Beethoven: "Kreutzer" Sonata (Jascha Heifetz, violin; Benno Moïséiwitsch, piano; Victor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: New Records, Oct. 27, 1952 | 10/27/1952 | See Source »

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