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The “unsung heroes” on this program are supposed to be the obbligato instrumental soloists and other prominently featured orchestral players that Handel often took pains
This performance replaces the John Eliot Gardiner as my new No. 1 Acis. It’s easy to understand why this brief work was the composer’s most
This terrific live performance offers the premiere recording of Martinu’s
Parnasso in Festa might best be translated as “The Gods
Who is that soprano?; Oh! it’s Lucy Crowe! That little
The work was never performed; its main characters have no singing parts; the music written for the original project was later reworked and reused in
Let’s not waste time: get this for soprano Lucy Crowe’s voice, for her performance of “What passion cannot Music raise”, for her “The soft complaining
This performance of Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, recorded at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in April, 2008, has some great things going for it.
This is a beautifully performed and ideally recorded Dido, comparing favorably with the listed reference versions–except for one thing: the performance is marred by an
