Witold Lutos?awski (1913-94) composed vocal works throughout his career, and recording collects several pieces that involve female voices. His set of Twenty Polish Christmas Carols for soprano, womenís choir and orchestra is a late composition compiled between 1985 and 1989 and given its premiere in 1990.
Christmas with RenÈe and Bryn
Though singers have always recorded some of these arias and songs, it was young Leontyne Price who first started a trend by devoting a whole LP to the genre more than 45 years ago.
RACHMANINOV: The Miserly Knight
In its 2004 season Glyndebourne put on a double bill celebrating avarice ó Pucciniís Gianni Schicchi and the much-lesser known The Miserly Knight.
This Barber is a cut above
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Capturing Sound: How Technology Has Changed Music
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Internet encyclopaedias go head to head ó Jimmy Wales’ Wikipedia comes close to Britannica in terms of the accuracy of its science entries, a Nature investigation finds
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Giulini Conducts Mozart and Mahler
With the passing of Carl Maria Giulini (1913-2005) in June 2005, the music world lost one of its finest conductors. Among his legacy are some critical recordings, which represent the literature that Giulini chose to preserve.