If this 2007 recording of Bach's Christmas Oratorio was the only one you were to hear, you would likely be well satisfied. Nikolaus Harnoncourt knows the work from long experience, his first recording dates from 1973, and he knows not only how to balance the soloists, chorus, and orchestra but how to balance the festive, the reflective, and the ...
This recording of Pli selon Pli may be considered definitive. Pierre Boulez worked on this massive composition from 1957 to 1989, and over those years issued different versions and recordings of the work in progress. "Don" and "Improvisation sur Mallarmé III" have been extensively rewritten and are heard here in their final form. Compared to a ...
In 2006, to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the composer's birth, the Salzburg Festival set itself the task of producing all 22 of Mozart's operas, and this recording of highlights from Le nozze di Figaro is a result of a live performance. Nikolaus Harnoncourt's reading of the score is marvelously nuanced; it's clear that the performance ...
Arguably the finest orchestra in the world, the Vienna Philharmonic has recorded Mahler's monumental "Resurrection" Symphony with a host of different conductors. They include the Italian Claudio Abbado, the American Lorin Maazel, tycoon-turned-conductor (and "Resurrection" specialist) Gilbert Kaplan, as well as Leonard Bernstein, who played a ...
There are many supremely beautiful volumes in Graham Johnson's Schubert edition -- Fassbaender's, Popp's, Ameling's, Hampson's, Bostridge's -- but this Goethe Schubertiad is as supremely beautiful as the best of them. Of course, Goethe always brought out the best in the passionate young composer and his Goethe songs are among the greatest of ...
In 2006, to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the composer's birth, the Salzburg Festival set itself the task of producing all 22 of Mozart's operas, and this recording is a result of a live performance of Le nozze di Figaro. Nikolaus Harnoncourt's reading of the score is marvelously nuanced; it's clear that the performance reflects a lifetime of ...
While it's not unheard of for a woman to sing Winterreise (notable recordings include those of Lotte Lehmann, Christa Ludwig, and Brigitte Fassbaender), it remains unusual enough to merit special attention. Hearing a woman's voice in music that's so strongly associated with men takes some initial adjustment, but soprano Christine Schäfer is hugely ...
With songs like Der Einsame (D. 800), Der Wanderer an den Mond D. 870, the three Shakespeare settings (D. 888, 889, and 891), and the four Mignon Lieder (D. 877), this volume of Graham Johnson's Schubert cannot miss. And it doesn't: with baritone Richard Jackson's lonely but cheerful Der Einsame and Der Wanderer an den Mond, tenor John Mark ...
It's a man's, man's, man's, man's volume of Graham Johnson's Schubert edition: songs for tenors, baritones, male chorus, and songs for men, about men, and to men. It's a great, great, great, great volume. John Mark Ainsley is one of the best tenors in England and is suave, strong, and sensitive with a tiny little catch in his voice. His Willkommen ...
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