Gluck’s Alceste

Baroque opera at the Met until a few years ago was rather a thorny happening, as is testified to by these nonetheless interesting CDs dating

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Strauss, Jr.

Operetta fans should race to buy this one-of-a-kind performance of this fluffy masterwork of Johann Strauss, Jr.’s, recorded just before World War II in Berlin.

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Carmen 1911

Recorded in 1911 for Pathé, this first-ever recorded Carmen in French (it was proceded by a German version with Emmy Destin in the title role)

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Hoffmann

“Hoffmann” is twice as effective when all four heroines and villains are sung by the same soprano and baritone respectively, and so this set has

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Don Pasquale

Bidú Sayao’s commercial recital discs realy did not do her justice – they present a sweet, clear voice and fine musicianship, and if one listens

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