
For some weird reason, these stereo performances never made it […]
[This is a re-post from our archives, in memory of James Bowman, November 6, 1941—March 27, 2023.] Two of today’s finest countertenors join for a
The Bottom Line: As Gardiner remakes a lot of his
The liner notes to this recording consist of a short story by Guy de Maupassant. It’s actually a charming story about a “rather sad” law
This 1955 recording seems as if it should be introduced with the words “Did you hear the one about Hermann Prey and Martha Modl singing
This performance of Dido and Aeneas was recorded before conductor Teodor Currentzis’ three Mozart/da Ponte operas, but it has just been released in the United
Since Benjamin Britten paid tribute to his great predecessor Henry Purcell many times over as performer, arranger, and composer, it comes as no surprise that
Having just seen and heard Sonya Yoncheva’s Violetta live at the Metropolitan Opera, and marveled at the big, brilliant high notes and expressive throb in
In the notes accompanying this spectacular CD, mezzo Joyce DiDonato asks, “In the midst of chaos, how do you find peace?” She goes for answers–and
In 2013 a 55-CD collection from Archiv Produktion surveyed the