The Psalms of David

The daily Anglican liturgies of Morning and Evening Prayer feature the recitation of the complete Psalter (apportioned in a monthly cycle), and in cathedrals and collegiate chapels, the chanting of the psalms has been cultivated to a degree of great refinement and beauty.

VERDI: Un ballo in maschera

Of late opera stagings often seem to be slotted into one of two categories: the “traditional,” with sets as the original libretto detailed and singers in period costumes; and “non-traditional,” “regie theater,” or “Eurotrash,” what you will.

STRAUSS: Salome

Having spent the better part of its life at full-price, the Solti/Nilsson Salome now appears as a mid-priced re-issue.

CHERUBINI: Le Sposo di tre marito di nessuna

This 250th anniversary year of Mozart’s birth must be heaven not only Amadeus lovers but also for those with a general inclination toward classical era music.

ZEISL: Lieder

While most of the familiar Lieder repertoire stems from the nineteenth century, the powerful attraction the artform spurred composition in this genre through the mid-twentieth century.

That’s Amore

Vanity publishing is not for the print world only, as a release from a company called Jeremiah Productions, called “That’s Amore,” proves.

Flaviano Labo – Vol III

According to Giancarlo Landini, author of the very interesting and detailed sleeve notes, Labo “has been sorely neglected, if not totally forgotten”.

LEHAR: Schˆn is die Welt

CPO has recently given us a lot of wonderful Lehar recordings like Eva, Der Rastelbinder or Der Sterngucker (admired by Hofmannsthal who exclaimed after a performance: ëI wish, Lehar had composed Rosenkavalierí).

POULENC: Gloria and Stabat Mater

In the 1930s, Poulencís turn to writing sacred choral music such as the Litanies ‡ la vierge noire and the Mass in G was closely linked to his new embrace of Roman Catholicism following the death of a close friend, the composer Pierre-Octave Ferroud.

BACH: St. John Passion

The Bach Passions combine drama, sublimity of expression, and deeply devotional reflection in such a powerful way that we invariably tend to set them apart from other liturgical works.