
These recordings include the last that Stokowski made. They are, […]
Back in the day, many of these recordings were pioneering
For years Philips has witlessly reissued, over and over, Edo
Erwin Schrott is one of the most charismatic singers around and his voice is a big, healthy bass-baritone, with an easier, more ringing top than
This recording, Grover Washington Jr.’s final one before his death last December, is in the tradition of the classic Miles Davis/Gil Evans Porgy and Bess
British director Richard Eyre’s Carmen was recorded on January 16, 2010 at the Met, just weeks after its premiere. He has updated the opera from
Here is Carmen, at the Opéra-Comique, its original home, played on instruments of its time, led by John Eliot Gardiner. Appealing? Well, curious-making at least.
Of course if you are a Bocelli fan you will buy this whether it’s good, bad, or indifferent; if you just love Carmen you probably
Always full of surprises, Leonard Bernstein turns in one of the best ever recordings of Bizet’s delightful early symphony. The performance is vivacious, unaffected, graced
This terrifically-cast and conducted Carmen goes to the top of the list, which is saying a great deal given the quality of the competition: Julia