

It’s unfortunate that relatively few listeners will ever have heard Berlioz’s “other” masterpiece, the oratorio L’Enfance du Christ. Admittedly somewhat disjointed in its overall musical

This live recording of Handel’s early, lively, entertaining oratorio La Resurrezione is a delight, and it pushes Christopher Hogwood’s reading (on L’Oiseau-Lyre) into second place.

There are two wonderful recordings of Cabaret already in the catalog: the original cast and the recent 1998 revival cast in its marvelous, dark production.

In recounting the premiere of his Requiem, Berlioz wrote “the terror inspired […..] was indescribable. One of the female choristers suffered an attack of nerves.

This is the second of two Double Decca “twofers” that contain Herbert Blomstedt’s celebrated second complete cycle of the six Carl Nielsen symphonies. The first
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