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This live Met broadcast from April 11, 1964 is a mixed bag. Nello Santi’s leadership is unexciting in both operas, and the chorus and orchestra
The Romantic Piano Concerto Volume 54? My God! And the series shows no lack of interest or quality. These works are delightful. Frederic Cowen’s single-movement
You might subtitle this disc “The Dark Dvorák” since it consists of three of his most turbulent (but also greatest) works. First there’s Othello: guy
Rick Benjamin’s reconstruction of Scott Joplin’s lone surviving opera Treemonisha from the existing vocal/piano score is nothing less than a revelation of historical research and
The two Vaughan Williams works for viola and orchestra, the Suite and Flos Campi, are two of the most characterful and imaginative of all 20th
Johan Halvorsen is one of those composers whose music will have you asking why it’s not part of the standard repertoire. It’s that good. His
“A vehicle of expression” is how Alison Balsom describes the trumpet after its technical and physical demands have been mastered and the instrument’s potential can
Here’s a composer comfortable in his style and artistic self, and whose music embodies his absolute understanding of voices and song and ensemble singing. His
Everything about this disc is fabulous: the performances, the coupling, and the sonics. Antoni Wit’s Taras Bulba sounds like no other. It’s full of details
At this point Eric Whitacre could lend his name to a line of spaghetti sauce, frozen dinners, clothing—hey, why not a video game?—and his enormous
