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This new Decca release shares with the recent Temirkanov/Prokofiev collection on RCA the dubious distinction of having been recorded on the 100th anniversary of Prokofiev’s
This was the last recital Joan Sutherland recorded, in 1985. She retired five years later. By ’85 her voice had thickened somewhat, and there’s an
Here are Sinfonias from six of Alessandro Scarlatti’s oratorios interspersed with six short harpsichord concertos that once were doubtfully attributed to the composer, though recent
This well-filled two-disc compilation of the art of Teresa Berganza features a singer who yields nothing to the current crop of star mezzos. Berganza’s beautiful
As the Universal Classics publicity machine works overtime promoting its younger artists, I only hope the humans that run it have budgeted equal attention toward
Among the vast treasures of the string quartet literature, Beethoven’s compositions–including the six early Op. 18 quartets–take a place of pride as cornerstones of an
Ernest Bloch’s five string quartets are among the finest of the past century. The Griller Quartet recorded the first four in 1954, and incredibly, this
Originally this was released in 1951 in clear but somewhat shrill mono (in short, a typical Decca production of the period), and at this time
During the 1950s and ’60s Renata Tebaldi epitomized the Italian soprano. Among her trademarks were her warmth and womanliness, her sincerity within each role that
Here is Giuseppe di Stefano, pictured on the original album cover as Canio in Pagliacci despite the fact that he’s not heard here in that
