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John Adams’ Harmonielehre has achieved near-standard repertoire status, and given that it premiered more than three decades ago in 1985, it can hardly be considered
The two undisputedly great recordings of Strauss’ Ein Heldenleben are Reiner’s and Ormandy’s. Both feature a combination of exciting, persuasive conducting and stunningly virtuoso orchestral
There’s nothing more awful than a dully played, indifferently recorded
Collectors may have come across Kent Nagano’s live Montréal Beethoven symphony recordings as individual releases on Sony Classical that lasted in the catalog for about
You may not be losing any sleep over your lack
Christian Gerhaher is a splendid Lieder singer. He has already recorded some of these songs with piano (on RCA), and like those versions these live
Kent Nagano may know his Messiaen, but the Berlin Philharmonic
These are sleek, well-played performances. If I were writing for
This, Rimsky’s last opera, is a caustic satire of military and royal stupidity and incompetence. The Russo-Japanese War had ended badly for the Russians in
Director Richard Jones has brought a one-dimensional concept to Munich’s new Lohengrin, recorded in July, 2009. Just as his dark, joyless Hänsel und Gretel at
