This installment in the ongoing series of Monteverdi madrigal recordings from Marco Longhini and Naxos presents distinctive performances of works that lie close to the heart of the early baroque style.
Month: September 2007
BACH: St. Matthew Passion (Excerpts)
There is much to admire in Masaaki Suzukiís Bach performances with the Bach Collegium Japan, and this recording of excerpts from the St. Matthew Passion will remind the listener of the diverse ways in which this is so.
PUCCINI: La Bohème
La Bohème, opera in four acts.
Music composed by Giacomo Puccini. Libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi lllica, based
on episodes from Henri Murger’s Scènes de la vie de Bohème.
SMETANA: The Bartered Bride
As an audio-recording, Supraphon’s set of Bedrich Smetana’s The Bartered Bride conducted by Zden?k Koöler deserves the highest recommendation.
JAN¡?EK: Katja Kabanowa
A series of historic recordings comes from Profil/Edition: G¸nter H‰nssler, and from those a subset of Staatskapelle Dresden performances brings opera fans a remarkable document.
Teresa Berganza Live in Concert
Here’s another in a series of televised recitals from Lugano, Switzerland to have appeared on DVD.