
This is not going to be an “objective” review, because I specifically asked that Australian Eloquence issue this compilation for the express purpose of bringing
The reissue game continues. All of this material has been available more or less continuously in recent years, with the exception of Frühbeck’s Three-Cornered Hat,
This is always spoken of as Wagner’s “most human” opera, and this performance is the finest example of that observation I’ve encountered. Updated to the
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos’ justly admired Carmina Burana has held up well over the years, and with good reason. It’s well sung, with heartfelt and
Two-thirds of Respighi’s Roman trilogy from Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos and the New Philharmonia (1968 EMI masters) lingers in the mind as more subtle than