http://www.nature.com/news/2005/051212/full/438900a.html
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.
Two Super Audio CD re-releases of Elly Ameling performances for Philips
I admit I jumped at the chance to review these SACD re-releases of performances that were on the very first classical vocal LPís that I owned and overplayed on under-maintained equipment, to the point where I frankly shudder to even try to compare my vinyl versions with the digital.
Monteverdi Choir/Gardiner ó Cadogan Hall, London
http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/reviews/story/0,11712,1670919,00.html
Acoustics first, then architecture
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/9efbcdb6-70fd-11da-89d3-0000779e2340.html
Voices of doom at the Coliseum
http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/features/story/0,11710,1669831,00.html
WAGNER, S.: Der Heidenkˆnig
What an unjust fate for an aspiring opera composer to be born the son of Richard Wagner! Imagine a child of Albert Einstein who dreams of greatness in science, or the son of William Shakespeare sitting down to sketch out his first sonnet. Doubtless you would have a nagging suspicion that you would likely never better your fatherís titanic accomplishments.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe himself as a musical hero: The case of Leh·rís Friederike
Franz Leh·r was not the first to think of Goethe as an opera or operetta hero. There was the precedent of Giacomo Meyerbeer himself who in his old age wrote theatre music for a piece called La Jeunesse de Goethe. The piece was never performed.