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The first two discs of this set, the second volume of Musical Heritage Society’s complete Schubert sacred works collection, are comprised of various settings of
Volume 1 of Musical Heritage Society’s reissue of EMI’s complete cycle of Schubert’s sacred works comprises 4 CDs, and includes the six Masses, two Kyrie’s,
What is more important, words or music? That’s essentially the plot of Richard Strauss’ operatic swan song, for which Clemens Krauss fashioned a mildly droll
Wolfgang Sawallisch’s otherwise laudable Beethoven cycle takes a huge backslide with this final release in the series, not so much as the performance goes, but
Not unexpectedly, these performances share a lot in common with the ones in the companion set devoted to Symphonies 1, 2, 3, and 8. They
This CD set is offered in EMI’s “double fforte” series, which means you get two CDs for the price of one, quite a bargain for
Far from being Richard Strauss’ most successful orchestral work, the early Violin Concerto in D minor conceals moments of undeniable beauty and appeal. The grandiose
Strauss’s 1935 Die Schweigsame Frau was banned by the Nazis after only four performances becuase its librettist, Stefan Zweig, was Jewish, and, to be sure,
This splendid disc was taped in early 1999 utilizing a simple pair of microphones, a custom built reel-to-reel tape deck, and a tube console. While
Friedenstag is probably Richard Strauss’ least successful mature opera. Premiered in l938 in Dresden, it was first performed in Vienna in 1939 with Hitler in
