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There have been only a handful of recordings of Michael Tippett’s oratorio A Child of Our Time–André Previn and the RPO, Colin Davis and the
This is Vivaldi’s second opera (at least that we know of), performed for the first time in 1714, the same year that his amazing set
An interesting aspect of Colin Davis’ 1993 Musikverein Romeo et Juliette is how he cajoles the Vienna Philharmonic (of all the world’s great orchestras, surely
If it’s Hansel-in-English you’re looking for, this set clearly is your choice. Despite the fact that it isn’t bad, there are several better versions of
While it is true that CD buyers really don’t need another recording of this opera, there’s always room for one that is magnificent, special, and
As any student string player will tell you, Britten’s Simple Symphony (originally conceived for school string groups) is not exactly “simple”, at least regarding the
Robert Craft’s extremely slow tempos for Schoenberg’s Gurrelieder (adding more than 14 minutes to Ozawa’s total time) make for a Part I that seems to
Colin Davis’ Mahler Eighth, while a decent performance, didn’t make a big splash on its initial release. It features generally lively tempos in the first
First presented in 1734, Oreste isn’t quite an “opera” by Handel. Rather, it’s a pastiche, albeit put together by the composer himself for the cast
The ’70s was a great time at La Scala under Claudio Abbado’s reign; not only were some great performances of Verdi operas offered on a
