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Pianist {$Alain Lef� vre} has taken on the musicological ... Read more

Pianist {$Alain Lef� vre} has taken on the musicological duties of cataloging the works of Quebec composer {$Andr� Mathieu}. As part of his mission of discovery, he also plans on performing and publishing what he can in order to raise greater awareness of Minimize

The quintessentially English {\a cappella} group the {$King ... Read more

The quintessentially English {\a cappella} group the {$King's Singers} have recorded prolifically and are approaching a catalog landmark of 100 album releases. Three box sets of five albums apiece are on the market, all with titles suggesting that they re Minimize

In this collection, {$Fl� rez} highlights the operatic an ... Read more

In this collection, {$Fl� rez} highlights the operatic and song repertoire that showcases his strengths -- a pure, light, but substantial instrument with a ringing top, a velvety {\legato}, technical security, and an absolute grasp of the idiomatic require Minimize

Conductor {$Jean-Claude Malgoire} must be kicking himself p ... Read more

Conductor {$Jean-Claude Malgoire} must be kicking himself pretty hard right now. Several years ago, impatient that no trace of {$Antonio Vivaldi}'s only {\opera} set in the New World, {&Motezuma}, seemed to be turning up, {$Malgoire} cobbled his own versi Minimize

Books. Tom Zoellner appropriately points out that, as the i ... Read more

Books. Tom Zoellner appropriately points out that, as the integral ingredient in the atomic bomb, uranium is the only mineral currently capable of eradicating life on earth, which realistically makes it much more precious than gold or diamonds. Zoellner also pre Minimize

Release Date: 2005-11-28, Audio CD, Emd Int'l

{&Rinaldo}, {$Handel}'s first Italian {\opera}, is still ar ... Read more

{&Rinaldo}, {$Handel}'s first Italian {\opera}, is still arguably his best Italian {\opera}. Or, to put it another way, {$Handel} found what worked -- hair-raising {\arias}, affecting harmonies, colorful orchestrations, wild special effects, and a story t Minimize

Ori. Release , Live set, recorded in front of a knowledgeab ... Read more

Ori. Release , Live set, recorded in front of a knowledgeable crowd in Sao Paulo, Brazil , Includes his signature song "Incompatibilidade de Geni"s" & others. Minimize

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{$Colin Davis}' 2004 recording of {$Verdi}'s {&Falstaff} is ... Read more

{$Colin Davis}' 2004 recording of {$Verdi}'s {&Falstaff} is a strong entry in the {$LSO} Live series, anchored by {$Michele Pertusi}'s wooly but authoritative turn as the titular anti-hero. {&Falstaff}, though immensely entertaining on-stage, is one of th Minimize

Don't sell that stock, I see a better market for it soon. A ... Read more

Don't sell that stock, I see a better market for it soon. A radio clairvoyant gives his rapt audience advice from the spirit world. But the clairvoyant is really the leader of a gang of thieves, the advice is a code to where the gang should strike next a Minimize

Most fans of American music gratefully (if shamefully) ackn ... Read more

Most fans of American music gratefully (if shamefully) acknowledge that it takes a German company to present our country's roots -- during the 20th century at least -- with the respect and scholarship it deserves. Multiple box sets of the work of everyone Minimize

Following the success of {&Der Freisch� tz} in 1821, {$We ... Read more

Following the success of {&Der Freisch� tz} in 1821, {$Weber} determined to break with the {\singspiel} tradition and write a grand romantic {\opera} without spoken dialogue. The {\libretto} he settled on for the project, by {$Helmina von Ch� zy}, was drama Minimize

Release Date: 2005-11-28, Audio CD, Emd Int'l

Release Date: 2010-11-30, Audio CD, Fatcat

Release Date: 2003-07-29, Audio CD, Sony

{$Cherubini}'s {&M� d� e}, with a French {\libretto}, r ... Read more

{$Cherubini}'s {&M� d� e}, with a French {\libretto}, received its premiere in Paris in 1797. Although the subject is grimly tragic, it was classified, like {&Carmen}, as an {\op� ra comique} because it contained spoken dialogue. The {\opera} was not hugely Minimize

Premiered in Venice during the winter of 1709-1710, {$Hande ... Read more

Premiered in Venice during the winter of 1709-1710, {$Handel}'s {&Agrippina} played an amazing 27 times in succession and crowned the 25-year-old German composer's stay in Italy. Although grander {\operas} followed after {$Handel} moved to England, {&Agri Minimize

Release Date: 2010-11-30, Audio CD, Fatcat

Designed as a comprehensive survey of Romantic and modern b ... Read more

Designed as a comprehensive survey of Romantic and modern ballet music, this six-disc compilation from EMI Classics presents excerpts from all the mainstays of the classical dance genre, and a few selections that aren't quite as familiar anymore. No colle Minimize

Since 1921, the American Academy in Rome -- founded in 1894 ... Read more

Since 1921, the American Academy in Rome -- founded in 1894 and chartered by an act of the United States Congress in 1905 -- has offered an annual fellowship and two residencies to American composers to live and study in Rome for one year. By the time {@B Minimize

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Music. The debut album from London native {$Estelle}, 2004' ... Read more

Music. The debut album from London native {$Estelle}, 2004's { Minimize

{$Johanna Beyer} hailed from Leipzig and was one among a ve ... Read more

{$Johanna Beyer} hailed from Leipzig and was one among a very few foreign-born composers circulating in the {~New Music Quarterly} cadre surrounding {$Henry Cowell}. She adopted the notion of {\dissonant} {\counterpoint} advanced by {$Charles Seeger} and Minimize

Music. At age 30, {$Hamilton de Holanda} is arguably the mo ... Read more

Music. At age 30, {$Hamilton de Holanda} is arguably the most virtuosic mandolinist in Brazil today, a worthy successor to the legacies of {$Armandinho}, {$Joel Nascimento}, and the late {$Jacob do Bandolim}. On { Minimize

No one would deny the historical and musical significance o ... Read more

No one would deny the historical and musical significance of Chicago's {$Fine Arts Quartet}. For {@WFMT} in Chicago, {$Fine Arts} gave many splendid radio broadcasts of {\chamber music} in the early '50s through late '60s. Of course, the very idea of a {\ Minimize

Release Date: 2006-05-08, Audio CD, EMI Europe Generic

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