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This 1997 recording of J.S. Bach’s Mass in B minor has been available for a long time, and given the competition before and after its
The Merry Widow appeared in 1905; The Count of Luxembourg in 1909. In 1910, Franz Léhar rounded out the trilogy of successes with Gypsy Love
A few decades from now, someone will put together a series of recordings devoted to “the greatest tenors of the 21st century”. Will Ben Heppner
This was Maria Callas’ first studio-recorded Norma, and it remains a formidable performance. If it doesn’t quite have the emotional shadings of her 1960 EMI
There is much to enjoy in this forgotten (save for an aria or two), late (1878) Gounod opera. Essentially the same story as Donizetti’s Poliuto,
There is rapture in every measure of Carlos Kleiber’s reading of this score, sometimes of the transcendent, gentle type, sometimes of the manic, ravishing sort.
Tenor Alfredo Kraus had a long and illustrious career. Known for his elegance, smoothness of delivery, unfailing high notes, and equally unfailing musicianship, his not-particularly-Italianate
Any recording by the St. Olaf Choir is worth attention, and although the catalog is hardly desperate for another Mozart Requiem, this program offers an
This Gala Concert, taped in Auckland in February, 2004, is one of those hodge-podge collections of arias and duets (too few of the latter) designed
In 1977, when this very fine recording was made, Claudio Abbado was at his absolute peak as an opera conductor. His reading is full of
