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This is tied for the finest performance of this opera in its 1762, Italian-language Vienna version, in which the role of Orfeo was scored for
You might wonder why Jorge Bolet opted to record 16 of Debussy’s Preludes rather than all 24. Perhaps it’s just as well, for much of
This was recorded at La Scala during the controversial run of performances in December, 2006 that featured Roberto Alagna’s infamous departure from the stage after
I recall being enormously impressed by the look and feel of this performance when it first appeared on VHS many years ago; revisiting it on
Leontyne Price is in fantastic voice in this 1961 recording, and the stunning arrangements and leadership of no less than Herbert von Karajan attest to
Mendelssohn must be regarded as the composer who defanged minor-key music. Hardly anyone used minor keys as frequently, but at the same time so innocuously
Riccardo Chailly’s 1985 Bruckner Symphony No. 3 presented a major challenge to Karajan’s contemporaneous recording, which pretty much ruled the roost critically. Chailly matched the
This performance, from the Netherlands Opera, was taped in 1998 but just released. It was worth waiting for. Tosca is set specifically in June, 1800,
Maria Malibran (1808-1836) arguably was the early 19th-century’s most famous diva (Giuditta Pasta ran her a close second and her much younger sister, Pauline Viardot,
Of the rarities presented in this unusual Russian music collection, the most tantalizing is Gliére’s Concerto for Coloratura Soprano and Orchestra. Judging by the slight
