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This is a valuable release. To my knowledge, it’s the earliest recorded evidence of Solti’s way with Wagner–and very impressive it is. The rhythmic accuracy,
If you’ve ever wanted to hear Wagner’s Die Meistersinger sung in Hungarian, these excerpts from a live 1949 Hungarian State Opera production more than fit
Has there ever been a record critic who has not succumbed to using the “honeyed tone” cliché when describing Beniamino Gigli’s tenor voice? Gigli’s warm,
I have had a weakness for Italo Montemezzi’s dense, post-Wagnerian, vaguely impressionistic L’Amore dei tre re ever since I heard an old Cetra set with
Despite its undeniable sonic and musical flaws, this live Klemperer-led Magic Flute, sung in Hungarian, provides an interesting gloss on his early-1960s EMI studio recording.
Francis Poulenc’s 1957 Dialogues of the Carmelites is a serious, big, theatrically effective work. Though scored predominantly for women, the voice types vary, and the
If you like Wagner and Strauss, chances are you’ll like Die Toten Augen, Eugen d’Albert’s most mystical, lushly orchestrated score. Its one act is set
This classic recording of Humperdinck’s beloved children’s opera weathers its near half-century-old sonics well. While nothing can change a recorded balance that places the opulent
This 1927 set was the second complete (well, with the traditional cuts) Rigoletto ever recorded and it’s definitely worth hearing, particularly in this techincally very
This recording of Verdi’s Macbeth had the misfortune to come out on the heels of Claudio Abbado’s superb set with Shirley Verrett and Piero Cappuccilli
