
A lot of Mahler 4s have come and gone since this 1974 release, but its musical values remain undiminished. It finds both James Levine and
When Franco Zeffirelli’s film version of La traviata opened in Paris in 1983, 800,000 movie-goers went to see it in six weeks. It was eventually
This wonderful performance, taken from the stage of the Met in 1992 (and probably with a fix-up session or two), is a grand remembrance of
James Levine raised the MET orchestra to an exceptionally high standard in his decades as its Music Director, so as with Vienna it only makes
Time flies in the supposedly timeless world of classical music. It’s easy to forget superb performances of even the greatest masterpieces when confronted with dozens,
This beautiful, touching cycle of five love songs on poems by Pablo Neruda was composed by Peter Lieberson for his wife, the late mezzo-soprano Lorraine
James Levine leads a fleet and efficient Beethoven Seventh, with brisk tempos, crisp, tidy phrasing, and no repeats whatsoever. The Munich Philharmonic responds with playing
This very same program was presented during James Levine’s first season as music director of the Boston Symphony. No doubt it was a different experience
The Mahler keeps coming. Aficionados will wonder how this newcomer differs from James Levine’s highly regarded Philadelphia recording for RCA. First, tempos: the first movements
I wanted desperately to like this set when it was released in 1975; three of my favorite singers (who happened to be among the world’s