This installment of John Eliot Gardinerís impressive Bach Cantata Pilgrimage comes from close to the end of his millennial Wanderjahr, presenting cantatas for Christmas week.
Category: Recordings
Serafin: Overtures and Preludes
Timeless values of great opera conducting fill this disc of overtures and preludes, all conducted by Tullio Serafin.
William Byrd. Laudibus in sanctis.
William Byrdís affinity for the Latin motet found various outlets.
HANSON: Merry Mount
A frequent complaint about contemporary operas — or most any after Puccini’s Turandot — is the lack of that memorable lyricism found in the standard repertory.
Verdi: La Forza del Destino
From a relatively obscure label — Osteria — comes this 1962 live recording of Verdi’s La Forza del Destino, featuring a relatively obscure soprano, GrÈ Brouwenstijn.
Classics for Pleasure opera highlights: Puccini
With single CD versions of full-length operas, isn’t the term “highlights” presumptuous?
MOZART: Don Giovanni
This an intriguing two-disc DVD set. The primary disc is the opera itself, while the other disc is a film called ìAdieu Mozartî that tells us about the unique relationship Mozart had with the City of Prague.
Zarzuelas ó Arrieta: Marina; BretÛn: La verbena de la paloma; Vives: Bohemios and DoÒa Francisquita
The Spanish comical lyric genre of the zarzuela has long been considered the stepchild of opera.
Best of British from the BBC Proms 2007
The BBC Proms webcasts all of its performances, and many are available for extended periods through BBC Radio’s archives.
The Opera Gala — Live from Baden-Baden
As evidence of Deutsche Grammophon’s proud status as a classical record label of the “old school,” there appears this CD document of a typical opera gala affair, from July of 2007 in Baden-Baden.