
Ataúlfo Argenta was a very talented conductor whose career was tragically cut short as a result of carbon monoxide poisoning–he was discovered in his garage
Rimsky-Korsakov’s Kashchey the Immortal is virtually unknown in the United States. When it was premiered in Moscow in l902 the audience cheered, but the composer
The Tsar’s Bride is a venerable staple in Russian opera houses, yet the work hasn’t exported well. Perhaps the reason lies with its convoluted plot,
For once, the encore comes at the beginning in this new Rimsky-Korsakov CD. The New York Philharmonic gives a whirlwind performance of the Flight of
As so often happens in the classical music business, a work may go unrecorded for years, and then suddenly show up in multiple versions. In