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A new recording of this opera is not needed; in the past couple of years we’ve had two newly recorded ones of varying quality and
Max Reger’s Bach transcriptions for organ have little to do with the style and spirit of the composer’s original works for the instrument. The Chromatic
Bernard Haitink’s efficient conducting is just what this opera doesn’t need: Siegfried is vaguely comic, a series of big confrontational duets that should surprise, one
The final opera in the Ring is the best of the four led by Bernard Haitink, recorded in the very early ’90s. Siegfried Jerusalem remains
Once again, Domingo surprises us. As Pavarotti pleads to fade into the memory bank, the Spanish tenor keeps working–learning, attempting to get into new idioms,
Rumored to be EMI’s last opera recording made in a studio, this much awaited set’s raison d’être is the Tristan of Placido Domingo. Now in
This is a stumper: If you had a 46-year-old recording of a great Isolde in her prime and in one of her greatest roles, in
Václav Talich leads a rather straightforward “Pathétique” that emphasizes the score’s musical structure over its emotional content. Tempos are pretty much standard (the performance’s overall
This addition to the Tristan sweepstakes is a great surprise and is highly recommended. It is crucial if only for the conducting of Carlos Kleiber.
Here’s an excellently curated selection representing VAI’s numerous live releases featuring tenor Jon Vickers. The tenor’s larger-than-life voice and intense communicative gifts transform the Dvorák
