
This is one terrific disc. Christian Tetzlaff made a first-rate […]
The Endellion String Quartet only made few recordings of Haydn
Natalie Dessay remains a phenomenon. She is without a doubt one of today’s great acting singers. She is invariably filled with good ideas that her
First seen in 1828 at the Paris Opera, Le Comte Ory was Rossini’s penultimate opera and his last comedy. Six numbers were “borrowed” from Il
The CD’s title and its “Victor/Victoria” cover tells us a lot about this almost 81-minute recital, but not everything. Seeing as how Joyce DiDonato is
Since Virgin Classics didn’t have a piano version of Bach’s Goldberg Variations in its catalog, it apparently fell to Nicholas Angelich to put things right.
It’s good to have Elijah Moshinsky’s 1993 production of Richard Strauss’ ironically lovely Ariadne on DVD. Michael Yeargan sets the Prologue backstage with scaffolding, ladders,
Opera never has shown its contrasts more than in this Rigoletto from the Sächsische Staatskapelle in Dresden. The production is full of harsh conflicts, which
This performance, recorded in July, 2009 at Covent Garden, has become known as the Barbiere in which Joyce DiDonato sang from a wheelchair, having broken
Have you noticed today’s epidemic of talented pianists suddenly transforming into musical micromanagers? David Fray is the latest victim, or perhaps I should say the