
Had this disc been released a couple of decades ago, it might have been hailed as a nice addition to the Mahler discography, but today
Here is a re-issue containing Helmuth Rilling’s recordings of Mendelssohn’s
Here, accompanied by a lavish booklet with re-edited and expanded
Prior to this recital disc, the only times I had heard soprano Juliane Banse in opera were as Frau Fluth in Nicolai’s Merry Wives of
Giuseppe Sinopoli gets this performance off to a fresh, lively start, with typically lovely playing from his Dresden forces. The remainder of the first movement
CPO’s projected survey of Brahms’ 204 solo songs, plus 20 duets and 60 vocal quartets, gets off to a delicious start in this first installment.
This is just incredibly beautiful, sensual music. Although billed as “vocal works with orchestra”, conductor Heinz Holliger offers two orchestral works: the dreamy and mysterious
I played this release for a professional singer/voice teacher, and every five minutes she remarked “I’d give anything to be able to sing like that.”
Fidelio is an opera that’s rarely taken lightly; casting is as serious a matter as orchestral preparation and conductorial approach. The available recordings attest to
Deus Passus is one quarter of the Passion Project 2000, which celebrated not only the turning of the millennium but also commemorated the 250th anniversary