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Because it would be impossible to actually discuss the five hours of music on these four CDs without taking up acres of space, I won’t
There may be tidier performances of Elektra, and many have a stronger Chrysothemis (and/or Klytemnestra), but none I’ve ever heard has left me as drained–that
This latest in Guild’s “Immortal Performances” series is hardly “immortal”, but it’s certainly worth a listen, and for historical recording fans, a purchase. It documents
Beginning with an expectedly rousing and expertly rendered God is gone up by Gerald Finzi, the Choir of the Queen’s College, Oxford and organist George
The disc’s title refers to Portsmouth, England’s traditional community role as welcomer of seafarers and rememberer of “those whose lives have been given in sacrifice
Toscanini’s Debussy interpretations are fabulous, nowhere more so than here. These were his last Debussy performances, captured on October 13-14, 1953, in Carnegie Hall. The
About Vinogradov’s recorded performance of Lensky’s aria, this set’s annotator, Larry Friedman, writes, “Has it ever been done more poetically, more stylishly and with such
While the more famous Cambridge choir may be the one at King’s College, the one over at Queens is no slouch either. As shown on
It’s reasonable to suspect that Western audiences–especially Americans–have little contact with Albanian piano music. Pianist Kirsten Johnson has traveled to Albania to research the repertoire,
In the notes to this well-performed and often musically intriguing recording, we’re reminded that “sadly, the study of western musical history does not spend a
