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If you’ve been around for the past 40 or so […]
It’s no disservice to Handel, whose splendid Utrech Te Deum
Taken from live concert performances (and perhaps rehearsals) in London in January, 2010, this sonically impressive, note-complete Elektra is an odd duck. Conductor Valery Gergiev
For most of us, there has been only one Marie and one Tonio–Sutherland and Pavarotti. They took their show on the road in the ’70s
This appealing collection contains one of Britten’s latest works (Phaedra) and some of his earliest (folksongs), all splendidly sung by Felicity Palmer; also included is
The years 1724/25 saw three of Handel’s greatest operas: Giulio Cesare, Tamerlano, and Rodelinda. There are fine CD sets and videos of the first two,
Poulenc wanted his Dialogues des Carmélites performed in the vernacular; at its premiere at La Scala, it was heard in Italian. The Met has performed
Naxos is to be congratulated for rescuing this 1996 recording from oblivion; it was originally released on Collins Classics but disappeared a few years ago.
Would that this beautifully played and conceived Dutchman were nearly as well sung! Daniel Barenboim opts for quick tempos throughout but never holds back on
