No matter what anyone tells you about Strauss' opulent orchestrations being de classe in the late '20s or the impossible tessitura of his vocal writing or the heroic triviality of his characters or the mythic banality of his themes, don't believe them. The real reason Strauss' 1928 opera Die Ägyptische Helena is so rarely performed and recorded ...
Appearances can be deceiving, and anyone who judges this CD by its cover photo may be a little disconcerted by the contents. The green rural landscape may suggest that the music is in a populist, Americana vein, but the dark storm cloud on the horizon hints that the four orchestral pieces by Aaron Copland, Roger Sessions, George Perle, and Bernard ...
Glenn Gould and Leopold Stokowski's 1966 Columbia recording of Beethoven's "Emperor" Concerto is so entertaining that trying not to laugh out loud while listening would make a good drinking game. The two can't seem to agree on the essential character of the piece, and hearing them argue back and forth is downright hilarious. First, Stokowski and ...
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