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I could not take my eyes or ears off this production and I suspect you will not be able to either. David Alden directs on
The works in Monteverdi’s Fifth Book of Madrigals are far from the “fa la la” and “hey noney noney” ditties that you might have sung
This recording of Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610 rose to No. 1 on the iTunes classical chart the weekend of August 20th and briefly bettered a
If you’re not completely hooked by the strikingly realistic antiphonal sound or the breathtakingly virtuosic playing in the first 30 seconds of this remarkable recording,
This stunningly conceived, musically vibrant Orfeo was taped at Brussels’ La Monnaie in 1998. The much-lauded production later traveled to the Brooklyn Academy of Music
For her first disc on Virgin, Christina Pluhar delivers the goods: she remains at the pinnacle of her niche of “popularization” of Baroque music. By
I was not in a Monteverdi mood; I haven’t been impressed with Italian vocal ensembles in recent years; and these madrigals never were among my
Having just accidentally happened upon a 1949 recording of this opera led by Helmut Koch that presented it as a dirge beyond compare, I was
This almost uncut version of Monteverdi’s (possibly) final opera is musically so handsomely and vividly performed that it’s a pity the visual production and director’s
Anna Antonacci may not have the most alluring voice you’ve ever heard, but it’s a good one and her flair for the dramatic makes her
