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This performance has a lot going for it. Conductor Robin Ticciati gets playing of near miraculous transparency and finesse from the Scottish Chamber Orchestra. It’s
Haflidi Hallgrímsson was himself a cellist, and these two works reflect his utter confidence in writing for the instrument. The Cello Concerto is a major
This set offers a wonderfully apt summation of the art of one of the most inquisitive, intelligent, talented, and unflaggingly musical conductors of the 20th
My first thought upon hearing this Ariadne in English was, “Why isn’t the Prologue always done in the vernacular?” Perhaps it was the presence of
Charles Mackerras gives us what may be the most complete Idomeneo on disc. He goes back to Mozart’s original score, restoring the often massive cuts
Charles Mackerras’ marvelous recordings of Brahms’ four symphonies with these same forces for Telarc find a logical successor in this delightful release of the two
This brings to about a half-dozen the number of recordings of this odd work from Rossini’s Neapolitan period. Perhaps the first great “Romantic” opera, it
Like her previous album for Cedille, which paired concertos by Brahms and Joachim, everything about this release by violinist Rachel Barton Pine is exceptional, from
The first thing you notice is the vibrant sound, the ensemble’s immediacy and depth, giving a realistic spatial and sonic picture of the array of
Adelaide di Borgogna premiered in Rome in December, 1817, within months of La Gazza Ladra (in Milan) and Armida (in Naples); Rossini’s next opera was
