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There are only a couple of reasons to hear this performance, and practically none for seeing it. I believe it is the only video remnant
The curtain rises and we are…nowhere, but it’s very light and bright. Scenery and costumes are black, white, silver, and gold, and variations within those
Prior to this release most lovers of operatic esoterica only knew the name Lauro Rossi (1812-1885) because he composed the Agnus Dei of the Mass
This set offers a wonderfully apt summation of the art of one of the most inquisitive, intelligent, talented, and unflaggingly musical conductors of the 20th
Daniel Hope’s new Deutsche Grammophon recording celebrates the artistry of the highly respected and significantly influential 19th-century violinist Joseph Joachim by presenting a varied assortment
Beginning with an ebullient and colorfully scored Sinfonia (giving a prominent role to the organ), Bach’s cantata BWV 169 sets the tone for this superb
DG reissues its late-1980s Levine/Met Ring cycle as a budget-priced, space-saving boxed set, providing serious competition for similarly packaged editions of Wagner’s Der Ring des
Shirley Verrett had one of the world’s most opulent and versatile mezzo voices from about 1960 to 1990. Her Carmen, Dido, Amneris, Eboli, Azucena, Dalila,
There’s a very serious talent at work in this music by Stacy Garrop. Silver Dagger is a folk-song setting for piano trio, along similar lines
Vocally and histrionically, this is a fascinating Werther: Jonas Kaufmann remains the best non-Italian-repertoire tenor in the world (although his Alfredo Germont is pretty grand
