
The best things about this Verdi Requiem are the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Daniel Barenboim’s exciting interpretation, and the male soloists, in that order.
This impressive concert features Alessandra Marc in a wide range of opera arias, which are divided into three groups. The first is devoted to Bellini
Although the composer himself probably would have denied it strenuously, this music really is great fun. The poetry in “Pierrot Lunaire” is simply the last