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This newest addition to Opera Rara’s series of recordings of 19th-century salon music is as delightful as its predecessors. Unlike the other volumes, this one
This pair of CDs does not in fact present the “very best” of Beverly Sills. After 1972 or so, Sills’ voice, while retaining its agility
Although Ton Koopman’s fine Bach cantata series, begun in the mid-1990s, was abandoned by Warner Classics/Erato in 2001, the conductor managed to resume the 22-volume
In the early 1950s Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau began what would become a long and distinguished career as one of his generation’s foremost Bach interpreters. By 1981,
Tenor Marco Beasley’s previous contributions in L’Arpeggiata’s La Tarantella (type Q7699 in Search Reviews) were impressive. As the lone vocal soloist in this program titled
In evaluating a Bach cantata recording, there are so many variables to consider–programming choices; quality and type of soloists; tempos and balances among soloists, orchestra,
It’s impossible to fault Leif Ove Andsnes’ way with Schubert’s D major Sonata from a pianistic standpoint. His impeccable technique easily navigates the composer’s tricky
I believe that this was the first Rusalka ever recorded, in 1952. The spirit of the piece is brilliantly set forth, with conductor Jaroslav Krombholc
This is a very valuable recording, the only one of Verdi’s original, French version of what is better known as I vespri Siciliani. It was
For serious fans of early music, this CD offers a variety of solo-vocal and instrumental works found in manuscript collections produced in Nuremberg, one of
