Ileana Cotrubas with Marriner in Mozart
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This post is a memorial tribute to the Romanian soprano Ileana Cotrubas, who had died at 87. She was a huge opera star for about 15 years before developing vocal problems and retir...
Here from the original HMV pressings is Ralph Vaughan Williams' adaptation of John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress, an important setting that is nonetheless neglected. I believe th...
Richard Wagner - Siegfried, Waldweben, from Act IIMax Lorenz (Tenor)Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele (Orchestra)Heinz Tietjen (Conductor)
Francesco Corteccia - Tenebrae factae suntI Cantori di Lorenzo (Ensemble)
A celebration of the life of the distinguished... The post Mourning for a Scots baritone appeared first on Slippedisc.
Philippe Sly is sublime as Messiaen's Saint François D’Assise in Salzburg, though Romeo Castellucci's production could brush up on its catechism.
The beauty of that voice is paradoxical, slicing the flesh into a sound of ghostly fire beyond relinquishment. It is the dying fall, the little death that passes into tremors of th...
Fifty some years ago I stumbled on to John Barbirolli's recording of matchless Elgar & V-Williams music for strings and discovered my go-to conductor for life.
Samuel Mataele, a countertenor from Auckland, has emerged... The post Countertenor wins Dame Kiri award appeared first on Slippedisc.
About a year ago I posted a few LPs by the recently deceased conductor Neville Dilkes. All of them comprised music by English composers. Today we broaden the perspective a bit by f...
The BBC has reported the death of the... The post Death of an enchanting British soprano appeared first on Slippedisc.
Pérotin - Viderunt OmnesThe Early Music Consort Of London (Ensemble)David Munrow (Conductor)
Richard Wagner - Tristan und Isolde, Act I, excerptNanny Larsén-Todsen (Soprano)Rudolf Bockelmann (Tenor)Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele (Orchestra)Wilhelm Furtwängler (Conduct...
During this week's two-hour program of jazz and improvised music--vocalists Shirley Bassey, Stella Cole, and Cécile McLorin Salvant; vocalist Mikayla Shirley and pianist Yoko Miwa...
Rising stars Chelsea Lehnea and Ricardo José Rivera are the protagonists of this week's Grand Tier Grab Bag.
Giuseppe Verdi - Ella mi fu rapita and Parmi veder le lagrime, from RigolettoGiuseppe Di Stefano (Tenor)Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala (Orchestra)Tullio Serafin (Conductor)
Francesco Corteccia - Fammi pur guerr' amorEnsemble Nobiles (Ensemble)
Karina Gauvin slays for the slayed. Werk Bitch.
It is no wonder Bernard Herrmann relishes the wistful lyricism in Barber's masterwork, as Herrmann's score for Vertigo is among the most beautiful and haunting of all film scores e...
His father wrote choral materpieces. Could the eldest... The post Can do? Cantata. appeared first on Slippedisc.
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