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It wasn’t very long ago that CD reissues of Erna Berger were hard to come by–but three have been released in the past year. I’d
Your response to this disc will depend on whether you can accept a light, soubrette voice-type in art song repertoire that includes Schubert lieder. From
Erna Berger’s inclusion in Decca’s The Singers series is easily justified by her reputation if not her clear superiority to singers of her ilk–her ilk
Ernst Pepping was born in 1901, the same year as Harry Partch, and Heinz Schubert’s 1908 birth year was the same as Elliott Carter’s. Without
The drawback to this recording, in addition to its tubby sound, always has been the pedestrian leadership of Renato Cellini, and indeed he is far
The tragic depths of Verdi’s Rigoletto aren’t explored in this blunt 1950 performance. Leonard Warren’s assumption of the title role is the prime interest. He
Thomas Beecham’s 1937/38 Magic Flute, the work’s first studio recording (minus spoken dialogue), was highly regarded in its day for both sonic and musical qualities.
