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PERFORMANCE REVIEW: Gioachino Rossini — IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA (D. Pershall,...
GIOACHINO ROSSINI (1792 – 1868): Il barbiere di Siviglia, ossia L’inutile precauzione—David Pershall (Figaro), Cecelia Hall (Rosina), Andrew Owens (Il conte d’Almaviva), Tyler Simpson (Don Basilio),...
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RECORDING OF THE MONTH | January 2018: DEBUT – Music for Horn (Ben...
YORK BOWEN (1884 – 1961), VOLKER DAVID KIRCHNER (born 1942), NIKOLAUS VON KRUFFT (1779 – 1818), ESA-PEKKA SALONEN (born 1958), ROBERT SCHUMANN (1810 – 1856), and JÖRG WIDMANN (born 1973): Debut– Music...
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CD REVIEW: Ludwig van Beethoven, Frédéric Chopin, & Franz Liszt — PIANO WORKS...
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770 – 1827), FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN (1810 – 1849), FRANZ LISZT (1811 – 1886): Piano Works—Alexei Melnikov, piano [Recorded at Campus Fichtenhain, Krefeld-Fichtenhain, Germany, 1 – 3...
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PERSONAL PERSPECTIVES: Sandro Ivo Bartoli resurrects the forgotten piano...
GIACOMO PUCCINI (1858 – 1924) and CARLO CARIGNANI (1857 – 1919): Complete Piano Works and Selected Opera Transcriptions—Sandro Ivo Bartoli, piano [Recorded in Steinway Haus Berlin, Berlin, Germany, 4 –...
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CD REVIEW: Nicola Antonio Porpora — GERMANICO IN GERMANIA (M. E. Cenčić, J....
NICOLA ANTONIO PORPORA (1686 – 1768): Germanico in Germania—Max Emanuel Cenčić (Germanico), Julia Lezhneva (Ersinda), Mary-Ellen Nesi (Arminio), Juan Sancho (Segeste), Dilyara Idrisova (Rosmonda),...
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DVD REVIEW: Vincenzo Bellini — NORMA (M. J. Siri, S. Ganassi, R. Pelizzari,...
VINCENZO BELLINI (1801 – 1835): Norma—Maria José Siri (Norma), Sonia Ganassi (Adalgisa), Rubens Pelizzari (Pollione), Nicola Ulivieri (Oroveso), Rosanna Lo Greco (Clotilde), Manuel Pierattelli...
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CD REVIEW: Johann Sebastian Bach — SONATAS FOR FLUTE & HARPSICHORD, BWV 1020...
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685 – 1750): Sonatas for flute and harpsichord, BWV 1020 & 1030 – 1032—Stephen Schultz, Baroque flute; Jory Vinikour, harpsichord [Recorded at Skywalker Sound, Marin County,...
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March 2018 RECORDING OF THE MONTH: Niccolò Paganini & Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari —...
NICCOLÒ PAGANINI (1782 – 1840): Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major, Opus 6, MS.21 and ERMANNO WOLF-FERRARI (1876 – 1948): Violin Concerto in D major—Francesca Dego, violin; City of Birmingham Symphony...
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CD REVIEW: Leonard Bernstein — MASS (K. Vortmann; Westminster Symphonic...
LEONARD BERNSTEIN (1918 – 1990): Mass– A Theatre Piece for Singers, Players and Dancers—Kevin Vortmann (Celebrant); Sarah Uriarte Berry, Julia Burrows, Morgan James (sopranos); Hilary Ginther, Bryonha...
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April 2018 RECORDING OF THE MONTH: Jessica Krash — PAST MADE PRESENT (Albany...
JESSICA KRASH: Past Made Present: Music of Jessica Krash—Emily Noël, soprano; Ian Swensen, violin; Robert DiLutis, clarinet; Tanya Anisimova, cello; Laura Kaufman, flute; Jessica Krash, piano; Members...
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ARTS IN ACTION: The Operatic Wizards of Oz — Eminent conductor Brian...
[1] Great Australian Voices – Nance Grant, soprano [Désirée Records GAV 001; 3 CDs; Available from Fish Fine Music][2] Great Australian Voices – Robert Allman, baritone [Désirée Records GAV 002; 3 CDs;...
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CD REVIEW: Georg Friedrich Händel — HANDEL ARIAS (Franco Fagioli,...
[1] GEORG FRIEDRICH HÄNDEL (1685 – 1759): Handel Arias—Franco Fagioli, countertenor; Il pomo d’oro; Zefira Valova, concertmaster and director [Recorded in Sala Rossa, Villa San Fermo, Lonigo, Italy, in...
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CD REVIEW: Benjamin C.S. Boyle, Jake Heggie, Jennifer Higdon, Lori Laitman, &...
BENJAMIN C.S. BOYLE (born 1979), JAKE HEGGIE (born 1961), JENNIFER HIGDON (born 1962), LORI LAITMAN (born 1955), and GLEN ROVEN (born 1962): Remember—Tobias Greenhalgh, Steven LaBrie, & Jarrett...
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June 2018 RECORDING OF THE MONTH: COME TO ME IN MY DREAMS – 120 Years of Song...
FRANK BRIDGE (1879 – 1941), BENJAMIN BRITTEN (1913 – 1976), REBECCA CLARKE (1886 – 1979), THOMAS FREDERICK DUNHILL (1877 – 1946), CECIL ARMSTRONG GIBBS (1889 – 1960), IVOR GURNEY (1890 – 1937), MURIEL...
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CD REVIEW: Leonard Bernstein — A QUIET PLACE (C. Boyle, J. Kaiser, G....
LEONARD BERNSTEIN (1918 – 1990): A Quiet Place [Edition by Garth Edwin Sunderland]—Claudia Boyle (Dede), Joseph Kaiser (François), Gordon Bintner (Junior), Lucas Meachem (Sam), Rupert Charlesworth...
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July 2018 RECORDING OF THE MONTH: Agostino Steffani — O BARBARO AMORE (A....
AGOSTINO STEFFANI (1654 – 1728): O barbaro Amore– Duetti da camera—Andréanne Brisson Paquin (soprano), Céline Ricci (mezzo-soprano), José Lemos (countertenor), Steven Soph (tenor), and Mischa Bouvier...
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CD REVIEW: Harold Meltzer — VARIATIONS ON A SUMMER DAY and PIANO QUARTET (A....
HAROLD MELTZER (born 1966): Variations on a Summer Day and Piano Quartet—Abigail Fischer, soprano; Tara Helen O’Connor and Barry Crawford, flute; Alan Kay and Vicente Alexim, clarinet; Margaret...
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CD REVIEW: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — LA CLEMENZA DI TITO, K. 621 (R....
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756 – 1791): La clemenza di Tito, K. 621—Rolando Villazón (Tito Vespasiano), Joyce DiDonato (Sesto), Marina Rebeka (Vitellia), Regula Mühlemann (Servilia), Tara Erraught...
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ARTS IN ACTION: Baritone BRIAN MULLIGAN and Vocal Arts DC bring the world...
September Songster: Baritone Brian Mulligan, who joins pianist Timothy Long in Vocal Arts DC’s world-première performance of Gregory Spears’s Walden, paired with Dominick Argento’s From the Diary of...
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September 2018 RECORDING OF THE MONTH: Georg Friedrich Händel & Philip Glass...
GEORG FRIEDRICH HÄNDEL (1685 – 1759) and PHILIP GLASS (born 1937): ARC — Anthony Roth Costanzo, countertenor; Les Violons du Roy; Jonathan Cohen, conductor [Recorded in Salle Raoul Jobin, Palais...
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