
For this recording, an early co-production with Deutsche Grammophon, Karel […]
Here is yet another of Siegfried Wagner’s 14 operas, the
The reason to buy this set is for the Magnificat, the original but rarely recorded E-flat version from 1723, which certainly gets its most exciting
Two cantatas, one secular, one sacred, each concerned in very different ways with respect for one who has died, show how Bach treated musically the
Lukas Foss composed Griffelkin for the NBC television network, which broadcast the opera on November 6, 1955. Although Griffelkin is based on a children’s fable,
Like his previous Gershwin, Bernstein, and Ellington projects, Simon Rattle’s long-awaited maiden voyage into rock opera has generated heated press, both pro and con. The
David Zinman’s Mahler cycle really hits its stride with this remarkable performance of the Third Symphony. It only has two small drawbacks worth mentioning. First,
I’ve owned Otto Klemperer’s classic 1965 recording of Beethoven’s Missa
This recording has inspired more flowery prose and less serious
This performance of Beethoven’s Ninth originates in an August 31,