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This is a wonderfully vigorous reading of Puccini’s first success, […]
L’Amico Fritz, Mascagni’s second opera, is as unlike his first
This generously filled (157 minutes) two-disc set covers a cross-section of Montserrat Caballé’s recordings made between 1970 and 1984, spanning most of her prime years.
This is the same performance I reviewed on Myto (type Q6666 in Search Reviews), and it sounds as good if not better now. There are
In the 1970s Claudio Abbado arguably was the finest Verdi conductor around, and this set, live from La Scala early in 1978, is a fine
If you love Rossini, or great singing, and don’t own the recordings from which these excerpts are taken, this 75 minutes will delight you. From
This wonderful opera, composed just before Stiffelio and the breakthrough Rig-Trov-Trav trio, should be more popular. It abounds in great tunes, has juicy roles for
There’s no dearth of Bohèmes on the market, but this one has a place alongside the best. Freni and Pavarotti recorded the opera commercially in
This wonderful performance, taken from the stage of the Met in 1992 (and probably with a fix-up session or two), is a grand remembrance of
There are about two-and-a-half reasons to own this recording of the four-act version of Don Carlo, taped live in December, 1992 in Milan–not nearly enough,
