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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
Kitajenko or Barshai? Or who? That’s really the question as the Shostakovich centennial year of 2006 is well served by two sets of the complete
Mariss Jansons’ EMI Shostakovich symphony cycle took nearly two decades to complete, yet it was mere weeks after the release of the final installment (Symphonies
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,
[In this season of seemingly non-stop Messiah performances, and in the face of a catalog teeming with a bewildering number of recordings of the work,
Peter Eötvös’ richly atmospheric yet dramatic and tautly paced Bluebeard illuminates the varied colors of Bartók’s magnificent score. Aided by the vibrant and finely focused
This opera, so dependent on the wedding of text and music, is a natural candidate for Opera-in-English (I believe one of the first recordings of
[This month begins the count-down to Classicstoday.com’s 25th year since our launch in 1999. In celebration, today we are revisiting three reviews from our first
[A re-post from our archives, in memorial tribute to Renata Scotto, February 24, 1934–August 16, 2023] Jon Vickers was, and remains, the greatest Peter Grimes
