
If you want these works, then you will find no finer recording in the catalog than this one, now permanently available thanks to Arkivmusic.com’s “on
Herbert von Karajan’s 1975 Mozart Requiem is of the grand ceremonial type with large choral forces and full orchestra accompaniment–all of which sounds quite massive
These two excellent performances have in common the fact that they were both made by two exciting young conductors toward the start of their respective
Eat your heart out, Simon Rattle. Just listen to the quality of the orchestral playing in the Prelude, or La Mer, and compare this to
When Franco Zeffirelli’s film version of La traviata opened in Paris in 1983, 800,000 movie-goers went to see it in six weeks. It was eventually
This is exactly the kind of recording made for Arkivmusic.com’s “on demand” program. Cherubini’s quartets are fine works; they have always been respected but never
This on-demand CD from Arkivmusic.com restores to the catalog a pair of fine Haydn performances that are well worth hearing. But the listener has to
In certain areas of 20th-century piano repertoire, Pierre-Laurent Aimard has few peers; think of his Ives, Carter, Messiaen, and Ligeti performances. But when it comes
Magdalena Kožená is a remarkable singer. Her voice is a somewhat light mezzo with many colors, and she can shade it to a whisper or
The list of recordings of Sibelius’ most popular symphony is formidably long. Nevertheless, Sibelius’ countryman, outgoing LA Philharmonic conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen, achieves a recommendable if