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No one knew when Robert Shaw made this recording in November, 1999, that it would not only be a crowning personal achievement for the conductor
Taped live in Venice’s La Fenice in March, 2005, this performance is noteworthy for its smooth orchestral playing and fleet tempos (237 minutes as opposed
Here are 79 minutes of what likely is a three-hour opera by Meyerbeer, first produced at La Scala in 1822, staged in Florence four years
Although John Stainer borrowed some ideas from Bach’s Passions for setting his “meditation” on the Crucifixion of Christ, unfortunately the manner of the work’s opening
This grab-bag assortment of pieces does a little bit of necessary house-cleaning as BIS prepares to finish its complete Sibelius edition. It appears that Neeme
All of these selections starring the late Bulgarian bass Nicolai Ghiaurov are taken from performances with the Vienna State Opera Orchestra and Chorus, but under
This falls very neatly into the category of clean, tidy, well-mannered, and very articulate Mozart Requiems, with crisp rhythms and expeditious tempos that perfectly suit
There’s a lot about this performance that really is very good: the precision of the playing, the utter transparency of texture both between chorus and
This is a very good St. Matthew Passion, with especially solid chorus and orchestral work and excellent sound. Of course, in a work such as
Recorded June 9, 1950 at the International Bach Festival in Vienna, Herbert von Karajan’s live St. Matthew Passion receives its 14th CD incarnation here. Or
