
Denmark’s King Frederik IX (1899-1971) was an accomplished amateur musician and self-taught conductor who frequently led the Royal Danish Orchestra or the Danish National Radio
The Ridgewood Concert Band is a civic organization of very high quality that was formed in 1983 and is located in New Jersey. It presents
Three complete Hans Knappertsbusch Ring Cycles recorded live at the Bayreuth Festival exist via archival or broadcast tapes recorded at the performances. The 1957 and
Dagmar Pecková is a Czech mezzo-soprano with a good technique, brains, and taste. The program she presents here is terrific: the Wesendonk Lieder and Zemlinsky
Recorded at a December, 1949, performance, this Meistersinger has just about everything going for it. The sound is quite good for its provenance–better, in fact,
This recording of Act I of Wagner’s Die Walküre was recorded in the studio in 1957. Hans Knappertsbusch’s approach is familiar to Wagner fans: big,
After a good, if not particularly memorable performance of the Prelude to Act I of Tristan, we meet soprano Marilyn Richardson, who sings a good,
Appearing, I believe, for the first time on disc, this 1949 Köln Radio broadcast of Wagner’s last opera has a lot going for it. First
This is a valuable release. To my knowledge, it’s the earliest recorded evidence of Solti’s way with Wagner–and very impressive it is. The rhythmic accuracy,
If you’ve ever wanted to hear Wagner’s Die Meistersinger sung in Hungarian, these excerpts from a live 1949 Hungarian State Opera production more than fit
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