Richard Kapp

Richard Kapp was one of the more unique conductors of his age, viewing music as enjoyment and not as an angst-laden endeavor. He thus chose to focus on less-serious, less-cerebral compositions and became an iconic figure in that brighter world of classical music. Kapp had long been identified with the chamber group he founded, the Philharmonia Virtuosi of New York. With them he recorded a series of popular recordings dubbed by the label Columbia Masterworks as greatest-hits albums. The first, made in 1977, was one of the best-selling recordings of its time, The Greatest Hits o...