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CD REVIEW: Johann Sebastian Bach – THE BACH PROJECT, Volume One – Organ Works...
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685 – 1750): The Bach Project, Volume One – Organ Works—Todd Fickley, organ [Recorded in St. Michaëlskerk, Zwolle, The Netherlands, in October 2007; MSR Classics MS 1561; 1 CD,...
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PERFORMANCE REVIEW: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – DON GIOVANNI (J.C. Cha, A. Lau,...
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756 – 1791): Don Giovanni, K. 527—J.C. Cha (Don Giovanni), Adam Lau (Leporello), Alexandra Loutsion (Donna Anna), Hailey Clark (Donna Elvira), David Blalock (Don Ottavio),...
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PERFORMANCE REVIEW: Philip Glass – GALILEO GALILEI (D. Jackenheimer, D....
Recantation: (left to right) Baritones Jacob Kato and Wesley McCleary-Small and countertenor Matthew Reese as the Cardinals, bass-baritone Deon’te Goodman as Pope Urban VIII (rear), and tenor Derek...
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ARTIST PROFILE: Dynamic Diva from Down Under – mezzo-soprano DEBORAH HUMBLE
Dynamic Diva from Down Under: Australian mezzo-soprano Deborah Humble [Photo by Andrew Keshan, © by Deborah Humble]Like Music itself, both what it takes and what it means to be an important singer are...
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CD REVIEW: Hugh Wood – WILD CYCLAMEN (C. McCaldin, J. Gilchrist, R. Williams;...
HUGH WOOD (born 1932): Wild Cyclamen– Art Songs—Clare McCaldin, soprano; James Gilchrist, tenor; Roderick Williams, baritone; Iain Burnside and Simon Lepper, piano [Recorded at Michael Tippett Centre,...
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CD REVIEW: Sergei Rachmaninov – PIANO CONCERTI NOS. 2 & 3 (Stewart Goodyear,...
SERGEI RACHMANINOV (1873 – 1943): Piano Concerti No. 2 in C minor (Opus 18) and No. 3 in D minor (Opus 30)—Stewart Goodyear, piano; Czech National Symphony; Heiko Mathias Förster, conductor [Recorded...
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PERFORMANCE REVIEW: J.S. Bach, G.F. Händel, J.-P. Rameau, & D. Scarlatti –...
Harpsichord Hero: Harpsichordist and conductor Jory Vinikour, recitalist in Coolidge Auditorium at the Library of Congress, 25 April 2015 [Photo by Hermman Rosso, © by Jory Vinikour]JOHANN SEBASTIAN...
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CD REVIEW: AGRIPPINA – Baroque Opera Arias (Ann Hallenberg, mezzo-soprano;...
CARL HEINRICH GRAUN (1704 – 1759), GEORG FRIEDRICH HÄNDEL (1685 – 1759), GIOVANNI BATTISTA LEGRENZI (1626 – 1690), PAOLO GIUSEPPE MAGNI (circa 1650 – 1737), JOHANN MATTHESON (1681 – 1764), GIUSEPPE...
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CD REVIEW: Antônio Carlo Gomes – IL GUARANY (M. Patassini, N. de Castro Tank,...
ANTÔNIO CARLO GOMES (1836 – 1896): Il Guarany—Manrico Patassini (Pery), Niza de Castro Tank (Cecilia), José Perrotta (Don Antonio de Mariz), Paschoal Raymundo (Don Alvaro), Paulo Fortes (Gonzales),...
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CD REVIEW: THE 5 COUNTERTENORS – Eighteenth-Century Opera Arias (M.E. Cenčić,...
JOHANN CHRISTIAN BACH (1735 – 1782), FERDINANDO BERTONI (1725 – 1813), BALDASSARE GALUPPI (1706 – 1785), CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD GLUCK (1714 – 1787), GEORG FRIEDRICH HÄNDEL (1685 – 1759), JOHANN ADOLF...
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CD REVIEW: Maurice Ravel – DAPHNIS ET CHLOÉ and PAVANE POUR UNE INFANTE...
MAURICE RAVEL (1875 – 1937): Daphnis et Chloé [complete ballet] and Pavane pour une infante défunte—Netherlands Radio Choir (Daphnis et Chloé); Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra; Yannick Nézet-Séguin,...
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CD REVIEW: Giuseppe Verdi – IL TROVATORE (F. Labò, A. de Cavalieri, M....
GIUSEPPE VERDI (1813 – 1901): Il trovatore—Flaviano Labò (Manrico), Anna de Cavalieri (Leonora), María Mercedes Morquio (Azucena), Jorge Botto (Il Conte di Luna), Juan Carbonnell (Ferrando), Marita...
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CD REVIEW: Agostino Steffani – NIOBE, REGINA DI TEBE (K. Gauvin, P....
AGOSTINO STEFFANI (1653 – 1728): Niobe, regina di Tebe—Karina Gauvin (Niobe), Philippe Jaroussky (Anfione), Amanda Forsythe (Manto), Christian Immler (Tiresia), Aaron Sheehan (Clearte), Terry Wey...
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CD REVIEW: L. Boccherini, J.-P. Duport, G.A. Paganelli, D. Porretti, F.P....
LUIGI BOCCHERINI (1743 – 1805), JEAN-PIERRE DUPORT (1741 – 1818), GIUSEPPE ANTONIO PAGANELLI (1710 – circa 1763), DOMINGO PORRETTI (1709 – 1783), FRANCESCO PAOLO SUPRIANO (1678 – 1753), PABLO VIDAL...
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ARTS IN ACTION: Spoleto Festival USA and a world-class cast resurrect Pier...
When Don Luis Méndoz de Haro and Cardinal Mazarin met in 1659 on the Isla de los Faisanes in the middle of the Bidasoa River as the proxies of the Hapsburg Spanish and Bourbon French crowns, the...
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PERFORMANCE REVIEW: Gioachino Rossini – LA CENERENTOLA (T. Erraught, D....
GIOACHINO ROSSINI (1792 – 1868): La Cenerentola, ossia La bontà in trionfo—Tara Erraught (Angelina), David Portillo (Don Ramiro), Simone Alberghini (Dandini), Valeriano Lanchas (Don Magnifico),...
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CD REVIEW: Richard Wagner – DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER (H. Janssen, K. Flagstad,...
RICHARD WAGNER (1813 – 1883): Der fliegende Holländer—Herbert Janssen (Der Holländer), Kirsten Flagstad (Senta), Ludwig Weber (Daland), Max Lorenz (Erik), Mary Jarred (Mary), Karl Ostertag...
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RECORDING OF THE MONTH / May 2015: Gaetano Donizetti – LES MARTYRS (J....
GAETANO DONIZETTI (1797 – 1848): Les Martyrs—Joyce El-Khoury (Pauline), Michael Spyres (Polyeucte), David Kempster (Sévère), Brindley Sherratt (Félix), Clive Bayley (Callisthènes), Wynne Evans...
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CD REVIEW: Claudio Monteverdi – IL RITORNO D’ULISSE IN PATRIA (F. Guimarães,...
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI (1567 – 1643): Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria—Fernando Guimarães (Ulisse), Jennifer Rivera (Penelope), Aaron Sheehan (Telemaco), Leah Wool (Minerva), João Fernandes (Nettuno, Il...
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CD REVIEW: Gioachino Rossini – LA GAZZA LADRA (M.J. Moreno, K. Tarver, L....
GIOACHINO ROSSINI (1792 – 1868): La gazza ladra—Giulio Mastrototaro (Fabrizio Vingradito), Luisa Islam-Ali-Zade (Lucia), Kenneth Tarver (Giannetto), María José Moreno (Ninetta), Bruno Praticò (Fernando...
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