In his 2007 EMI recording of Johannes Brahms' Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op. 45, Simon Rattle aims for a somewhat streamlined and fleeter interpretation than is usually heard: with moderate tempos, he trims approximately five to eight minutes off the conventional timing, though he maintains the deeply reverent feeling that is expected and preserves ...
Since Ton Koopman began recording Bach's complete cantatas in 1994, he has gone through three labels in getting his recordings to the public. First it was Erato, then it was Teldec, and now, finally, Antonie Marchand, the company that has not only completed Koopman's work but reissued the earlier volumes. All this is a wonderful example of ...
The age of miracles has not yet passed. After centuries of revolutions and wars and genocides, it is still possible for love and laughter to be prized and praised. And the proof is this recording of Mozart's Die Zauberflöte with Claudio Abbado directing the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, the Arnold Schoenberg Choir, and a cast of mostly young and ...
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 ...
Among the numerous recordings of Pergolesi's Stabat Mater in F major on the market, and the only slightly less numerous readings of the two Salve Regina settings recorded here, this disc stands out sharply. Pergolesi was criticized during his own brutally short life for his operatic settings of sacred music, and his critics would have had to be ...
Even 20 years ago, shelf space devoted to Bach's Christmas Oratorio was decidedly limited. The work was regarded as minor in comparison with Bach's Passion settings and other large choral pieces. For one thing, it isn't a "work" as today's listeners understand the term, but a linked set of six pieces intended for performance on six nights over the ...
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 ...
This is the first authoritative recording of Alessandro Scarlatti's Griselda, rendered with exquisite beauty by René Jacobs, the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, and an outstanding cast led by Dorothea Röschmann in the title role. Warming to the story of Griselda (originally by Boccaccio) -- the low-born woman who endures a string of indignities as ...
The ensemble on this 2004 recording of Mahler's Symphony No. 4 is identified as the Mahler Chamber Orchestra and, lo and behold, the performance is indeed chamber music-sized Mahler. For listeners brought up on the hysterical, histrionic, and gargantuan Mahler of Bernstein, Solti, and Karajan, the lean, clean sound of the Mahler Chamber Orchestra ...
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