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Janet Baker is one of those singers whose voice moves some listeners to tears and others to muttering imputations such as “matronly”. I’m a dues-paying
The classical record industry is nothing if not predictable. Every technological blip and sputter in the name of “progress” becomes an excuse to rush out
Marek Janowski’s Symphonie fantastique doesn’t have the frenetic excitement that a conductor like Munch brought to the work; rather, he is more of a modern-day
These performances represent one of the unchallenged peaks in the history of French song on disc. Since the day they were issued in 1963, Régine
Were I inclined to study and report on the performance history of this opera–during Berlioz’s lifetime alone–it would take far too long and not be
Now here is a Gustavo Dudamel performance that lives up to the media hype surrounding the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s young music-director-designate (hype reinforced in Steven
Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique is not only one of the truly iconic works of the Romantic period, it’s also one of the repertoire’s most challenging test
This is a far more imposing Symphonie fantastique than the one Ormandy recorded earlier for Sony (type Q4961 in Search Reviews). Here the Philadelphia Orchestra’s
This is the third time Colin Davis has recorded L’enfance du Christ. The first, from 1960, was relaxed and had a very dramatic Narrator in
The honeymoon was still in full swing between Georg Solti and the Chicago Symphony when they recorded Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique in 1972, three years after
