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José Cura has made a reputation as opera’s Triple Threat: singer, conductor, and composer, and he performs the first two feats simultaneously on this new
Johannes Somary captains a ship sunk by its soloists. Carole Bogard is truly awful here, her thin soprano bleating on sustained notes and resolutely refusing
In addition to his renown as a composer, Ralph Vaughan Williams harbored a lifelong interest in choral conducting. His close association with the Leith Hill
Live recording in the 78 era was a chancey yet cost-effective way of adding large-scale orchestral and choral works to the catalog. Notable examples include
Listening to this recording brought to mind the old Saturday Night Live skit about the two Czechoslovakian brothers who claimed, in their best attempt at
Some consider this symphony to be Liszt’s masterpiece. It surely contains one of the most colorful families of leitmotifs in the orchestral repertoire. In fact,
This is a nice, comfortable Carmina Burana, the kind you could play in the background while reading and not be unduly distracted. The problem is,
Stop it already! How much more live Hans Knappertsbusch material in terrible sound can the public tolerate? Here, for instance, is a 1964 concert rendition
Should a superior source ever turn up of Bruno Walter’s 1948 New York Philharmonic broadcast performance of Beethoven’s Missa solemnis (a work he never recorded
During his lifetime Michael Haydn (1737-1806) was as highly regarded as his brother Joseph. Mozart knew and praised his works and as a student even
