Issue 36:5
May/June 2013
Magazine Contents

Collections: Orchestral

This is the fourth in BIS’s series of discs in which the Taipei Chinese Orchestra is paired with prominent Western soloists. Its predecessors featured saxophonist Claude...

Having not been a fan of zarzuela music until the early 1970s, I had never heard or heard of Ataúlfo Argenta before, though he recorded this...

It’s not quite clear what it takes for a concert to be dubbed a “gala,” but in my experience, galas tend to disappoint. The last time...

Arturo Toscanini is largely remembered for his vast catalog of recordings made in the later part of his career for RCA, with an ensemble specifically created...