
What does one do with a live performance of Lohengrin in which there’s nothing actually wrong, but nonetheless fades seconds after you’ve heard it? I’ve
A year or so ago Oehms released a CD version of this opera from the same source that was recorded in 2011; this video version
Yes, it’s the Symphonie fantastique transcribed for organ. Such things
Fanciulla is Puccini’s hardest opera to cast. The role of
Hélène Tysman’s second Oehms Classics Chopin release essentially reinforces the sensitive yet often spongy interpretive characteristics that I noted in my review of her earlier
Stanislaw Skrowaczewski is one of those conductors who has been
Over the past two decades Gottfried Schneider has given us valuable recordings of rare repertoire like Dohnányi’s Violin Concerto, Martin’s Polyptique Etudes for Violin and
The booklet notes accompanying this release evoke images of nature and poetry that wildly contrast with Greek pianist Paris Tsenikoglou’s largely stiff, literal, and unimaginative
This complete set of Bruckner symphonies reflects a lifetime’s engagement
Wagner was 20 years old when he composed Die Feen (The Fairies), and it is worth a listen. Here’s a bit of Weber (Oberon and