Volume 45, Number 9 · May 28, 1998
Sunday Afternoon Live
By Robert Craft
New York Philharmonic: The Historic Broadcasts, 1923-1987 book, 21 conductors, 18 soloists.
ten compact discs of digitally remastered recordings, with 144-page
New York Philharmonic Special Editions, $185.00
Sedgwick Clark, the producer of New York Philharmonic: The Historic Broadcasts, 1923-1987, tells us that the album's twelve hours of recorded music were chosen by him after listening to 'hundreds of hours of live music-making.' But since he provides no information about the selection process and the winnowed options, the other choices that had been under consideration, critical comment on these subjects is limited to guesswork. Ultimately the discussion of repertory is lowered to the level of 'de gustibus….'
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