VIVALDI: Sacred Music 2

A recording of the complete sacred music of Antonio Vivaldi is a welcome prospect, not least because it offers an opportunity to go beyond the fame and familiarity of Vivaldiís concertos and the ubiquitous ìGloria.î

A ’50s-style ‘Cinderella’ pops

http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/entertainment/weekend/15971866.htm

BSO unlocks the secrets of young Bartok’s ‘Bluebeard’

http://www.boston.com/news/globe/living/articles/2006/11/10/bso_unlocks_the_secrets_of_young_bartoks_bluebeard/

Porgy and Bess

http://arts.guardian.co.uk/reviews/story/0,,1944489,00.html

Franco Corelli: The 1971 Tokyo Concert

A friend who bought this issue grumbled that Dynamic had swindled him out off his money as the whitewashed, less than sharp picture quality is not much better than the pirate issue he once received from a correspondent.

New Babylon

http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,14936-2445194,00.html

An Opera Returns, Like the Tide

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/09/arts/music/09dom.html

Orlando, Lilian Baylis Theatre, Sadlerís Wells, London

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/61da0552-701a-11db-9da6-0000779e2340.html

A Rarity in Top Form

http://www.nysun.com/article/43225

MOZART: Die Zauberflˆte

The back of this DG set relates that the company made the recording “in Modena in conjunction with a series of performances in Italy and Germany.”