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Well, the party’s over. After a surprisingly good Mahler Fifth, François-Xavier Roth turns in a lightweight, cautious, completely nondescript live Mahler Third. Granted, the orchestra
Beating a dead horse is one thing; beating a dead
This Italian-language, Neapolitan “cantata a tre” from 1708 bears no
This recording was originally issued in 1998 on the Opus 111 label to international critical acclaim. After Opus 111 was acquired by the enterprising French
Handel’s opera arias have been very well treated on disc; the duets not so generously. This collection should adjust the balance for a couple of
La verita in cimento (“Truth put to the test”), dating from 1720, is a superb, stageworthy work about a Sultan (Mamud), his wife (Rustena), his
This performance is oddly dead-in-the-water. You would think that the lovely Natalie Dessay, so expressive, so delicate, would be right for the fragile, loving, innocent
First performed in 1729 and quickly forgotten, Lotario is a worthy work with plenty of effective arias and a duet, with characters and intrigues that
This 2-disc set is a reconstruction of a “let’s pretend” event, described in the booklet as “a service of Solemn Vespers for the Assumption of
Alto Sara Mingardo makes a fine impression in music that demands a singer of exceptional interpretive skills and a voice that’s versatile yet maintains a
