
Sometime you may want to just sit back and listen to a concert performance of music more or less predictable but of a certain quality
Twenty years after Cecilia Bartoli’s groundbreaking exploratory CD of arias from heretofore unknown or little known opera by Vivaldi comes another batch of gems by
The solo vocal Handel recording (rivaled perhaps only by Schubert
It’s easy to find recordings of cellos–single cellos, duo cellos, even whole orchestras full of nothing but cellos. You have little or no problem negotiating
This disc opens with terrific, riveting interpretations of famous Vivaldi
During its 42-year, 17,162-performance original off-Broadway run, the Fantasticks made
Elina Garanca is great on stage; I have seen her live often, and watching her on DVDs (Carmen, Cenerentola) will allow readers who have never
Rachel Podger knows how to play Vivaldi, and she has
This enormous set contains 77 CDs packed in 59 individual
The viola d’amore is a curious beast. It has extra strings (like the baryton) that exist for no purpose other than to provide resonance, producing