

Please allow me to present ALDA, The Avoid Like Death Awards. These are sort of the evil twin to The Keep On Listening Awards (KOLA),

This twelve CD set contains some remarkably poorly chosen titles

Does anyone not own most of these recordings? If you

Pierre Boulez was a new music conductor of the old

Otto Klemperer’s (1885-1973) reputation today rests almost entirely on recordings

Shortly after I heard and reviewed Amici e Rivali, a CD devoted to duets by Rossini sung by tenors Michael Spyres and Lawrence Brownlee, I

Arturo Toscanini was the most important, highly acclaimed conductor of

The Bottom Line: This completely unknown major work is vintage Franck, composed in 1885, the same period as the great orchestral and chamber works on

No matter what kind of opera listener you are–the “serious devotee” whose interest embraces all aspects of opera, from the musical to the theatrical and

The Bottom Line: Well knock me over with a pin!
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