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There’s something wonderfully clean about this recording of Rosenkavalier. Edo de Waart leads with an absolute absence of affectation, relying on the charm inherent in
Were I experiencing this performance while sitting at the back of a large opera house, I would be tickled pink at the energy (and volume)
Riccardo Chailly’s exceptionally compelling rendition of Mahler’s Das Klagende Lied succeeds largely due to the conductor’s dramatic pacing and theatrical instincts, as well as his
Decca’s Ives orchestral music set makes for an attractive and inexpensive way to collect these startlingly original works. Zubin Mehta’s recording of Symphonies Nos. 1
Rossini’s Stabat Mater is one of the least devotional pieces of religious music ever penned, and I’m not complaining. It’s full of the composer’s best,
Carmen Jones, Oscar Hammerstein’s 1943 musical theater adaptation of Bizet’s Carmen, reset the opera in North Carolina and Chicago during World War II specifically for
I seem to recall that this was a joyless, tough-love performance of this opera, but lo, almost 30 years later it seems to wear somewhat
In the late 1980s Vladimir Ashkenazy began a solo Schumann cycle for Decca. The project was curtailed after eight CDs, none of which lasted long
Charles Dutoit’s Prokofiev never has figured prominently among first-rate recommendations. This Double Decca re-release offers a chance at reassessment. While the heavyweight Alexander Nevsky cantata
There’s something about this performance that’s different from any other: People endlessly discuss how Debussy aurally evokes lightness and darkness, but whether it’s the acoustic
