Opera Today

Beethoven Shines Thru the Mix

In the best of all possible worlds this recording of arias and show tunes would have been done in the original languages, the language of composition, with the vocal sounds intended by Gluck, Mozart, Weber, Wagner and others who defined great singing.

Here we have another part of John Eliot Gardinerís remarkable Bach Cantata Pilgrimage, undertaken to performóand record liveóall of Bachís surviving church cantatas at many different churches in a single year.

Piotr Anderszewski is a talented young pianist, who makes Szymanowskiís music come alive in his recent recording of three of the composerís major pieces.