Aida - Gina Cigna, Beniamino Gigli, Ebe Stignani, Tancredi Pasero - conductor-Victor De Sabata I would like to reiterate the purpose of this blog. If you listen to the posting...
Read MoreBrahms's German Requiem is really one of those works that you can't do without. If you have never heard it before, I urge you to listen to it multiple times. ...
Read MorePaul Felix Weingartner, Edler (a title of nobility in Austria) von Münzberg (June 2, 1863 – May 7, 1942) was an Austrian conductor, composer and pianist. He is considered by many...
Read MoreThose who know me well know that my interest in opera was launched by good, Italian pressings of Callas (this was before CDs existed, so I am dating myself). I...
Read MoreWhy, for my first orchestral selection, am I choosing Bruckner's Symphony No. 5 in B-flat? Possibly because it is tremendous music, possibly because people don't listen to Bruckner very often,...
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