“Mandorla,” this album’s title, is a word derived from the Italian for “almond” that encompasses the tension between opposites—the spiritual and the earthly, the divine and...
This production from the 2008 Salzburg Festival is a disappointment on virtually every level. While not exactly Eurotrash, it is afflicted with many of the ills...
Richard Strauss, though better known as a composer of operas and tone poems, wrote significantly in other genres as well. One of those mediums that fascinated...
Our fixation on genius can obscure many whose gifts, though manifold, did not measure up to those held by Mozart, Mendelssohn, and the like. Among those...
The primary—indeed, sole—rationale for this release would appear to be the Butterfly of Sena Jurinac. Primarily a specialist in Mozart, Richard Strauss, and the lighter Wagnerian...
Kuijken gives us Vvolume 9 of his series devoted to presenting one cantata for each Sunday and holy day of the year. With this collection, dedicated...
This set, alas, represents Christoph Eschenbach’s swan song with the Philadelphia Orchestra. Much controversial ink has been spilled over his five-year tenure at its helm (particularly...
