J. S. Bachís large output of church cantatas and their prominence in his duties as Kantor at the Thomaskirche in Leipzig have made them central to our modern understanding of Bach.
MAHLER: Symphony No. 5
Gustav Mahlerís Fifth Symphony is a tour de force that can tax a conductor and orchestra in live performances. While it often takes several sessions in the studio for performers to match the required intensity of playing with exuberance that is also part of the work, some live performances convey that fine balance immediately.
Cardillac at l’OpÈra de Paris
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A timeless jest is polished
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A Lithuanian Soprano Creates Her Own Ariadne
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/27/arts/music/27naxo.html
On Wings of Jewish Songs ó Music from the New Jewish School
Yiddish is a language based on medieval German that developed separately from modern German. It spread throughout Eastern Europe, where it acquired words from Hebrew, as well as Russian, Polish, and other Slavic languages.
SCHUMANN: Liederkreis, op. 24; Dichterliebe, op. 48
In addition to some notable, recent recordings of selected Lieder by Robert Schumann (1810-56), two comprehensive editions of the composerís works in this genre are underway, one by Hyperion, which is almost complete and another that is just starting on the Naxos label. Performed by Thomas E. Bauer, baritone and his wife, the pianist Uta Hielscher, the first volume is as promising as it is ambitious.