http://www.sirius.com
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.
Pilar Lorengar: Prima Donna in Vienna
Maybe a looking glass will help you to decipher the reprint in this CDís inside cover of a small article on the soprano by Terry McEwen, who was Manager of the Classical Divison of London Records at the time of recording.
Birgit Nilsson ó “Or sai chi l’onore”
Deutsche Grammophon was one of the many labels for which Nilsson recorded and the company decided to commemorate her passing by offering us most of her not so very large catalogue.
Kenneth Montgomery Appointed Principal Conductor of Ulster Orchestra Society
http://www.operatoday.com/documents/Montgomery_appointment.pdf
BACH: Mass in B Minor
We are reasonably sensitive, I suspect, to the number of ways in which venue can shape the nature and success of musical performance.
BELLINI: Norma
The best Norma on DVD treats the viewer to a blurry picture of washed-out colors and remote, compressed sound.