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This set, recorded live in Trieste in December, 2000, uses the new critical edition from the University of Chicago Press; I offer this information simply
This 50-year-old, slightly cut, boxy-sounding recording of Verdi’s 1857 revision of his Stiffelio (written eight years earlier) contains just the type of extroverted, exciting-if-imperfect, absolutely
Well, they’re just not making Il trovatores like this anymore. I have been fond of this performance for years (there’s a dingy, lip-synched film version
Here, in very tubby sound, with solo voices occasionally swamped, is a heretofore unknown reading of Verdi’s Requiem led by Zubin Mehta and recorded live
Ernani, Verdi’s fifth work for the lyric stage, is so filled with handsome arias, thrilling duos, trios, and ensembles, and full-blooded dramatic (albeit antiquated) situations
Forget about spotted owls–Verdi baritones are today’s prime endangered species. Preiser’s CD of 21 selections made from 1906 to 1948 is a gloriously sung collection
This is a recording of opening night at La Scala in 1962, a performance whose virtues have been enhanced by the passage of time. It’s
This one’s a tough call. On one hand, the Verdi Quartet’s Verdi Quartet leaves a bitter aftertaste in every movement. The ensemble’s abrasive sonority seems
It’s all here: solid tone throughout the entire range, superb musicianship, and excellent diction. All the structural elements of fine singing. So why does Thomas
The drawback to this recording, in addition to its tubby sound, always has been the pedestrian leadership of Renato Cellini, and indeed he is far
