As one of the world's rising cello stars, Truls Mřrk is sure to garner extravagant praise for this CD of Schumann's Concerto in A minor, Bloch's Schelomo, and Bruch's Kol Nidrei, all three essential vehicles for any cello virtuoso. However, there are two weaknesses in his playing that need addressing. First, and most noticeable, Mřrk is too loose ...
Listeners who love the music of Debussy but wish it were a whole lot sexier should check out Florent Schmitt's ballet La Tragédie de Salomé. It's just as lushly chromatic and dazzlingly colorful as Debussy's music but far more directly sensual and openly sexual. While not quite as debauched as Strauss' opera of the same name, Schmitt's Salomé with ...
Flavio Testi's Saül is the brow-creasing tale of the biblical King Saul's decline and demise, and the eventual rise of King David -- a subject that has received several operatic treatments, in this case based on the work of André Gide. Saül, in decline and suffering demonic visitations, is eventually supplanted by the young shepherd David, who is ...
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