
Nicolo Jommelli (1714-74) is one of those composers who enjoyed great success in his day but now is all but forgotten–a pity, since he penned
This is an excellent disc, one that choral music lovers will want to snap up, and one whose program leaves you wondering why this music
Recorded in 1958, this Don Giovanni’s prime attraction is Ferenc Fricsay’s crisp, forward-moving conducting. The tempos are swift, almost as though Fricsay can’t wait to
This disc reissues three works centering on two of Edgar Allen Poe’s short stories and one poem. The French have always had a love affair
This early German Baroque work is composed in what is known as the “sepolcro” tradition, which appears to be a cross between a Passion Play
Starting with The Valkyrie, Chandos launches its long-awaited edition of the English National Opera’s live Ring Cycle from the 1970s, conducted by Reginald Goodall and
As with Karajan and Böhm’s first recorded Magic Flutes, and the pioneering Beecham set, Klemperer’s 1964 EMI version includes the arias and ensembles only, omitting
By and large, minimalism is in steep decline, but every now and then something comes along to give fans of the style hope. This is
Here is yet another surprise recording, in the best mono sound available, from the vaults of German Radio. In it we get the youngish Astrid
All the material on this disc appears for the first time on CD. From an engineering standpoint, Aus Italien stands out among Clemens Krauss’ Strauss