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Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Victoria de los Angeles, Giuseppe di Stefano, Tito Gobbi & Maria Huder
Rome Opera Orchestra, Gianandrea Gavazzeni
A classic 1954 interpretation with a complex geisha from de Los Angeles, a suave Pinkerton from di Stefano and a memorable consul from Gobbi. Gianandrea Gavazzeni conducts as to the manner... —
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This one’s pretty easy to sum up: vividly colorful music, sprightly lively playing that does it full justice, breezy speeds, fairly antiquated sound...Alfred Brendel and Walter Klien are just... —
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Inevitably set up as a rival to Callas, Tebaldi specialised in the lirico-spinto repertory that suited her creamy tone. Heard here at her best period, she shines in the verismo roles and the... —
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Great Cathedral Organs of England Volume 1
Timothy Farrell (organ of Westminster Abbey), Christopher Dearnley (organ of St Paul Cathedral), Barry Rose (organ of Guildford Cathedral), Allan Wicks (organ of Canterbury Cathedral), Francis Jackson (organ of York Minster), Noel Rawsthorne (organ of Liverpool Anglican Cathedral)
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Verdi: Requiem
Herva Nelli (soprano), Fedora Barbieri (mezzo-soprano), Giuseppe Di Stefano (tenor) & Cesare Siepi (bass)
Robert Shaw Chorale & NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini
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Richter's sovereign pianism...is at times awe-inspiring. But the harsh sonics exaggerate his fierce commitment, making it aggressive. —
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Puccini: Gianni Schicchi
Victoria de los Angeles, Tito Gobbi & Anna Maria Canali
Rome Opera Orchestra, Gabriele Santini
An ideal blend of humour and warmth. —
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The Artistry of Dennis Brain
Dennis Brain (horn), with Denis Matthews (piano), with Gerald Moore (piano), with Neill Sanders, Edmund Chapman, Alfred Cursue (horns) & Gareth Morris (flute), with Colin Horsley
Dennis Brain Wind Ensemble, London Baroque Ensemble, Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Hoffnung Symphony Orchestra,...
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Richter's febrile Beethoven is sometimes closer to Scriabin than to Vienesse tradition, but who's complaining? He lives every second. It's richly coloured, vividly phrased: terrific. —
