Paris Opera Comique Orchestra

Bizet: Carmen/Thill, 1928

Robert Levine

This 1928, quasi-complete, studio-recorded Carmen is of interest for the Don José of Georges Thill, and little else. First of all, all the recitatives and

Offenbach: Hoffmann, 1948

Robert Levine

Offenbach wanted Hoffmann to be a “grand opera” but left the work unfinished at his death. What was premiered in 1881 had little to do

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Paris Opera Comique Orchestra

Bizet: Carmen/Thill, 1928

Offenbach: Hoffmann, 1948

Dausgaard Plays A Mean Mahler 10

A Mahler Cycle From–You Guessed It–Dusseldorf

CD From Hell: Bad Transfers of Kletzki’s Embarrassing Mahler 1 and 9

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