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CD REVIEW: Maurice Ravel – L’ENFANT ET LES SORTILÈGES & MA MÈRE L’OYE (H....
MAURICE RAVEL (1875 – 1937): L’enfant et les sortilèges and Ma mère l’Oye—Hélène Hébrard (L’enfant), Delphine Galou (Maman, La libellule, La tasse chinoise), Julie Pasturaud (La bergère Louis XV, La...
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PERFORMANCE REVIEW: Giacomo Puccini – MADAMA BUTTERFLY (T. Trevigne, M....
GIACOMO PUCCINI (1858 – 1924): Madama Butterfly—Talise Trevigne (Cio-Cio San), Michael Brandenburg (Benjamin Franklin Pinkerton), Michael Sumuel (Sharpless), Lindsay Ammann (Suzuki), Ian McEuen (Goro),...
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CD REVIEW: Frédéric Chopin & Sergey Rachmaninov – MUSIC FOR CELLO & PIANO...
FRÉDÉRIC FRANÇOIS CHOPIN (1810 – 1849): Sonata for cello and piano, Op. 65; Étude, Op. 25, No. 7 (arranged by Auguste Franchomme); Introduction et Polonaise brillante for piano and cello, Op. 3 and...
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CD REVIEW: Richard Wagner — DAS RHEINGOLD (M. Goerne, M. DeYoung, D. Humble,...
RICHARD WAGNER (1813 – 1883): Das Rheingold—Matthias Goerne (Wotan), Michelle DeYoung (Fricka), Deborah Humble (Erda), Kim Begley (Loge), Peter Sidhom (Alberich), Anna Samuil (Freia), Kwangchul Youn...
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ARTIST PROFILE: Prince of the Piano — Italian pianist LUDOVICO TRONCANETTI
Principe del pianoforte: Italian pianist Ludovico Troncanetti [Photo © by the artist; used with permission]The acclaimed American thespian Kelsey Grammer, not only television’s beloved Dr. Frasier...
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ARTS IN ACTION: Washington Concert Opera’s performance of Gioachino Rossini’s...
Few partnerships among artists and their muses have affected the development of a genre as wondrously as the relationship between Gioachino Rossini (1792 – 1868) and the remarkable Spanish diva who...
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CD REVIEW: Sergei Prokofiev — PETER AND THE WOLF IN HOLLYWOOD (Alice Cooper,...
SERGEI PROKOFIEV (1891 – 1953): Peter and the Wolf, Opus 67, plus music by Paul Dukas, Sir Edward Elgar, Edvard Grieg, Gustav Mahler, Modest Mussorgsky, Giacomo Puccini, Erik Satie, Robert Schumann,...
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CD REVIEW: Charles Gounod — LA COLOMBE (E. Morley, J. Camarena, M. Losier, L....
CHARLES-FRANÇOIS GOUNOD (1818 – 1893): La colombe—Erin Morley (Sylvie), Javier Camarena (Horace), Michèle Losier (Mazet), Laurent Naouri (Maître Jean); Hallé Orchestra; Sir Mark Elder, conductor...
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CD REVIEW: Giuseppe Verdi — AIDA (A. Harteros, J. Kaufmann, E. Semenchuk, L....
GIUSEPPE VERDI (1813 – 1901): Aida—Anja Harteros (Aida), Jonas Kaufmann (Radamès), Ekaterina Semenchuk (Amneris), Ludovic Tézier (Amonasro), Erwin Schrott (Ramfis), Marco Spotti (Il re d’Egitto), Paolo...
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PERFORMANCE REVIEW: Gioachino Rossini — SEMIRAMIDE (J. Pratt, V. Genaux, T....
GIOACHINO ROSSINI (1792 – 1868): Semiramide—Jessica Pratt (Semiramide), Vivica Genaux (Arsace), Taylor Stayton (Idreno), Wayne Tigges (Assur), Evan Hughes (Oroe), Natalie Conte (Azema), Patrick Cook...
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RECORDING OF THE MONTH / November 2015 — MACEDONIAN SESSIONS (Corinne Morris,...
WOLDEMAR BARGIEL (1828 – 1897), MAX BRUCH (1838 – 1920), MANUEL DE FALLA (1876 – 1946), GABRIEL FAURÉ (1845 – 1924), JULES MASSENET (1842 – 1912), CORINNE MORRIS, ASTOR PIAZZOLLA (born 1921), CAMILLE...
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BEST CHORAL RECORDING OF 2015: James Dunlop — ASCENSION (Portsmouth Cathedral...
JAMES DUNLOP: Ascension– Alice Burn, Northumbrian smallpipes (Hunting Hall Suite); Portsmouth Cathedral Choir; Dr. David Price, Director [Recorded in Portsmouth Cathedral during October 2015; Riverwood...
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BEST EARLY MUSIC RECORDING OF 2015: MOMENTI D’AMORE (Francesca Lombardi...
GIULIO CACCINI (1551 – 1618), FRANCESCO CAVALLI (1602 – 1676), JOAN AMBROSIO DALZA (1508 – ?), ANDREA FALCONIERI (1585 – 1656), GIROLAMO FRESCOBALDI (1583 – 1643), CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI (1567 – 1643),...
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CD REVIEW: Piano Perspectives — Yuja Wang performs works by Maurice Ravel &...
[1] GABRIEL FAURÉ (1845 – 1924): Ballade in F sharp major for Piano Solo, Opus 19 and MAURICE RAVEL (1875 – 1937): Piano Concerto in G major and Piano Concerto for the Left Hand in D major—Yuja Wang,...
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PERFORMANCE REVIEW: Recital by pianist VALENTINA LISITSA (Baldwin Auditorium,...
ALEXANDER NIKOLAYEVICH SCRIABIN (1872 – 1915): Préludes, Op. 11, Nos. 2, 4, 5, 10, 14 – 16, 20; Prélude, Op. 22, No. 1; Prélude, Op. 27, No. 1; Prélude, Op. 35, No. 2; Poème, Op. 41; Danse, Op. 73, No....
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BEST OPERA RECORDING OF 2015 — Christoph Willibald Gluck: IPHIGÉNIE EN...
CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD GLUCK (1714 – 1787): Iphigénie en Tauride—Caitlin Hulcup (Iphigénie), Grant Doyle (Oreste), Christopher Saunders (Pylade), Christopher Richardson (Thoas), Margaret Plummer (Une...
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CD REVIEW: Georg Friedrich Händel — MESSIAH (J. Doyle, L. Zazzo, S. Davislim,...
GEORG FRIEDRICH HÄNDEL (1685 – 1759): Messiah, HWV 56—Julia Doyle (soprano), Lawrence Zazzo (countertenor), Steve Davislim (tenor), Neal Davies (bass-baritone); Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks; B’Rock...
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BEST NEW MUSIC RECORDING OF 2015: William Bolcom — CANCIONES DE LORCA and...
WILLIAM BOLCOM (born 1938): Canciones de Lorca (2006) and Prometheus (2009)—René Barbera, tenor; Jeffrey Biegel, piano; Pacific Chorale; Pacific Symphony; Carl St. Clair, Music Director and Conductor...
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CD REVIEW: Voices from the Past — Walhall Eternity Series features Lucille...
[1] AMILCARE PONCHIELLI (1834 – 1886): La Gioconda—Lucille Udovich (La Gioconda), Flaviano Labò (Enzo Grimaldo), Mignon Dunn (Laura Adorno), Aldo Protti (Barnaba), Norman Scott (Alvise Badoero), Luisa...
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CD REVIEW: Riccardo Zandonai — FRANCESCA DA RIMINI (C. Vasileva, M. Mühle, J....
RICCARDO ZANDONAI (1883 – 1944): Francesca da Rimini, Opus 4—Christina Vasileva (Francesca), Martin Mühle (Paolo il bello), Juan Orozco (Gianciotto), Adriano Graziani (Malatestino), Kim-Lillian Strebel...
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