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When the Cleveland Orchestra performed Dvořák’s Rusalka at the Salzburg Festival in 2008, the reception was rapturous. “That’s how an orchestra should play opera!” was
Kubelik’s commercial recording of Dvorák’s Sixth for DG with the
In the interview that accompanies this disc, conductor Jakub Hrusa admits that he prefers works that do not conclude with a “superficially effective ending,” whatever
Although I’m a “choral person”, I’m not a big fan of late 19th-century oratorios: too big, too serious, too drenched in grand and glorious effects
Although all of this live material has been released previously
For a brief period in the late 50s, the Juilliard
The liner notes to this recording consist of a short story by Guy de Maupassant. It’s actually a charming story about a “rather sad” law
Eldbjorg Hemsing is clearly a talented player, and there’s nothing serious wrong with these performances. It’s just that they don’t rise to the level of
After lavish and huge boxed sets for Maria Callas and