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This is essentially the same over-processed 1988 transfer of Herbert von Karajan’s 1947 Beethoven Ninth that appeared in EMI’s Great Recordings of the Century series.
Rodelinda was the third in a string of great operas Handel composed in 1724-25, Giulio Cesare and Tamerlano being the other two. Cesare and Tamerlano
There is something wonderfully blood-and-thunder about this performance, recorded on Oct 12, 1951. Vittorio Gui leads the type of performance you’d be thrilled with in
This is a very welcome release. The Eternal Gospel is Janácek’s major pre-Glagolitic Mass choral work (along with the cantata Amarus), and we have badly
This disc offers about an hour’s worth of choice bits from Borodin’s Prince Igor. On one hand, we find the usual selections, including the ever-popular
Giulini made very few appearances at Salzburg. Indeed, he made few appearances anywhere, particularly in his later years, which makes this excellently recorded live document,
The 100-minute, one-act Daphne was premiered in 1938 on a double bill with the composer’s Friedenstag. The two were performed together for a while but
This set, dating from 1956, features three fine singers–Carteri, Valletti, and Warren–but none is at his/her best, and the set is led with amazing tedium
This documentary takes us behind-the-scenes during the production of Deutsche Grammophon’s wildly successful 1984 audio recording of West Side Story. It was Leonard Bernstein’s first
This Met broadcast of Verdi’s Falstaff from 1949 has a great deal to recommend it. Judging by the copious amount of audience laughter, the production
