
Sometimes a theme album isn’t a good idea, especially when the range of material required by the concept doesn’t uniformly suit the performer. In this
This two-CD set is a composite of at least three LPs as well as a couple of bonuses, and fills a particular gap in the
Here is yet another remastering of this classic performance, which from a purely orchestral perspective is Bernstein’s finest of the work. There’s little doubt that
No listener can claim to know the mind of any performer, especially on a recording. However, it’s safe to say that the members of the
Kurt Weill’s collaborations with Bertolt Brecht in the late 1920s and early ’30s captured the angst, despair, and decadence of post-Weimar Germany with determined zest
The Tsar’s Bride is a venerable staple in Russian opera houses, yet the work hasn’t exported well. Perhaps the reason lies with its convoluted plot,
This is the second of two Double Decca “twofers” that contain Herbert Blomstedt’s celebrated second complete cycle of the six Carl Nielsen symphonies. The first
Volume Three of Robert Craft’s Stravinsky series for Koch duplicates repertoire on his similar series for MusicMasters–this latter effort appearing to have ended somewhat short
This first authorized release of Dimitri Mitropoulos’ 1960 Salzburg Mahler Eighth (a work the conductor did not record commercially) is refurbished from the original Austrian
Before Jan Peerce began his illustrious career as an operatic tenor he appeared frequently on the popular radio shows of the day, singing mostly show