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This almost uncut version of Monteverdi’s (possibly) final opera is musically so handsomely and vividly performed that it’s a pity the visual production and director’s
The plot of Serse concerns the eponymous Persian monarch, a man of such whimsy in love that he is first heard singing a veritable love
Even those who have heard–and greatly admired–the singing of Sandrine Piau in any one (or more) of the recordings in which she sings relatively small
Emmanuel Krivine leads a crisply articulated, rhythmically taut, tonally vibrant performance of Mozart’s unfinished Mass, vividly capturing its varied stylistic features and projecting the large
This is a mid-price reissue of the recording on which colleague Rad Bennett lavished well-deserved praise (type Q1325 in search reviews). Sopranos Sandrine Piau and
Serse is a great opera, filled with terrific arias and a followable plot. There’s plenty of room for in-love pain and anguish from Romilda and
Lest anyone be confused, this so-called “London” version of Brahms’ German Requiem originally was created in 1869 by the composer as a four-hand piano version
Unlike most of his contemporaries, who wrote grand pieces for large forces, François Couperin preferred to pen compositions for one or two solo voices and
I’m going to try very hard not to write the words “enchanting bauble”, and I’m obviously going to fail. That’s just what this ravishing chamber
