Irish composer Gerald Barry insists that ìReally, my music is very straightforward.
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WAGNER: Parsifal
Nikolaus Lehnhoffís Parsifal, first staged by English National Opera in 1999, is given on this Opus Arte DVD in a 2004 performance led by Kent Nagano at the Baden-Baden summer festival.
G”RECKI: Symphony no. 3
Henryk GÛreckiís Symphony no. 3 (1976), his ìSymphony of Sorrowful Songs,î as it is called, is one of the most popular recordings of late twentieth-century music.
CIMAROSA: Il Matrimonio Segreto
Premiered in 1792 (just months after the death of Mozart), Il Matrimonio Segreto won over Vienna from the start, and Domenico Cimarosaís opera would remain his most popular work.
LEE: The Great Instrumental Works
This book is for any aficionado or lover of classical instrumental music.
BYRD: The Great Service
The religious turmoil of sixteenth-century England was characterized not only by factionalism and polarity, but also famously by the charting of a via media, a middle path, through opposing views.
MAHLER: Symphonies 1-10 ï Das Lied von der Erde
The late Gary Bertini (1927-2005) was noted for his fine interpretations of Mahlerís work, and his cycle with EMI was esteemed highly. An accomplished musician, Bertini founded the Israeli Chamber Orchestra in 1965, and later become chief conductor of the Jerusalem Symphony.
Body and Soul – A New ìPoppeaî in London
Monteverdiís great work, ìLíIncoronazione di Poppeaî in a ìsemi-stagedî format, has been chosen to showcase the talents of some exciting young singers and musicians in London recently as the first part of an ambitious project aimed at a more holistic approach to singing opera.
TCHAIKOVSKY: Swan Lake
This 2005 release was filmed at a performance in La Scalaís temporary home, Milanís Teatro degli Arcimboldi, in April 2004. It is based on the Burmeister version of the ballet of some 50 years ago, first introduced in the West by the Paris Opera.
Le Nozze di Figaro at ROH ó Four Reviews
ROYAL OPERA HOUSE: “To mark the 250th anniversary of the birth of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, The Royal Opera mounts a new production of his setting of the second of Beaumarchais’ domestic but politically charged ‘Figaro’ comedies, as adapted by librettist Lorenzo da Ponte. ”