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Capriccio’s ongoing series of vocal and choral-cantata works of Shostakovich has unearthed some very interesting music, and a few gems as well. One of the
This is one of the best and most interesting CDs yet in Michail Jurowski’s ongoing Capriccio series. All three of these cycles are extremely strong
Here, in terrible sound and occasionally interrupted by plot commentary in French, is an almost complete performance of Puccini’s one-acter, Il tabarro (actually the first
Rued Langgaard (1893-1952) was a late romantic composer who never was able to gain acceptance in his native Denmark. His visionary, metaphysical, and symbolist compositions
Germany has a strong tradition of male ensemble and chorus singing that was strengthened in Schubert’s time by the growth of informal music making, in
If you don’t like Italian arias translated into English, this isn’t for you at all; if you’re on the fence or curious, give this a
With such a popular and relatively well-represented work (keeping in mind that Haydn generally has been horribly treated by record companies), some comparisons are in
How fortunate the Minnesota Orchestra is to have a composer like Dominick Argento as its “composer laureate”! He has written seven works for the orchestra
Three complete Hans Knappertsbusch Ring Cycles recorded live at the Bayreuth Festival exist via archival or broadcast tapes recorded at the performances. The 1957 and
Most listeners hear a strong Handelian influence in the music of William Boyce. It’s not surprising since at the time the much younger Boyce rose
