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This 1928, quasi-complete, studio-recorded Carmen is of interest for the Don José of Georges Thill, and little else. First of all, all the recitatives and
Canteloube’s irresistible Songs of the Auvergne never fail to give at least some satisfaction, even in the most sanitized, glossiest versions. Natalia Davrath’s idiomatic recording
This 70-plus-year-old recording has much to recommend it but still cannot be counted among the best or most alluring Manons on disc. Germaine Feraldy is
This first recording of Werther is still the best. There have been many others in up-to-date stereo sound with starry international casts, but none so
Werther seems to have edged out Manon in popularity among Massenet’s operas, judging from its numerous recordings. Their many excellences, however, yield pride of place
