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The notes accompanying this release tout the “joie de vivre”, “energy”, and “vivacity” inherent in Australian soprano Amelia Farrugia’s voice and performances–and indeed, her love
Now, here’s a real bargain–some of the greatest recordings of much of Mozart’s best music at the Double Decca two-for-one price. The Barry Tuckwell horn
The “proibita” of this CD’s title comes from the Catholic Church: For most of the first 10 years of the 18th century, dramatic performances in
Vladimir Ashkenazy’s long-held affinity for Rachmaninov’s keyboard idiom comes home to roost in one of the pianist’s loveliest discs in years. Despite his increasingly infrequent
This six-disc set gives you most of Tippett, aside from the operas, large choral works, and some late orchestral and chamber pieces. With the exception
A good range of familiar and less-known Clifford Curzon recordings make up Decca’s third Original Masters boxed set devoted to the pianist, transferred from the
The Bells is the bright spot in Charles Dutoit’s otherwise lackluster Rachmaninov Symphony cycle for Decca. Here he conducts with a welcome alacrity, enlivening rhythms
The 100-minute, one-act Daphne was premiered in 1938 on a double bill with the composer’s Friedenstag. The two were performed together for a while but
This fabulous and inexpensive set of Strauss tone poems, built around Zubin Mehta’s hyper-Romantic Los Angeles recordings, should find favor with anyone who cares about
I vividly remember a Hindemith memorial concert given at Yale University in the late 1970s that featured an all-too-rare opportunity to hear in concert these
