Ives: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3 is the second disc in Andrew Litton's cycle of Charles Ives' symphonies for the Hyperion label with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. Of the two discs devoted to this series, this is better from a performance standpoint, as the first disc suffers from a so-so Symphony No. 4 even as it sports a terrific Symphony No. 1. The ...
This SACD, Ives: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3, is the second disc in Andrew Litton's cycle of Charles Ives' symphonies for the Hyperion label with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. Of the two discs devoted to this series, this is better from a performance standpoint, as the first disc suffers from a so-so Symphony No. 4 even as it sports a terrific Symphony ...
If even the best-informed opera lover is not aware of Rudi Stephan's Die Ersten Menschen, there's a good reason for it, and it has nothing to do with the music. The libretto, based on the "erotic mystery" by Otto Borngräber, merges religiosity with sexuality to an extent that would have made Gabriele D'Annunzio blanch. The plot concerns the ...
Containing the better part of American conductor James Conlon's recordings of the music of Alexander Zemlinsky, this three-disc set makes the strongest case possible for a re-appraisal of the Viennese fin de siècle composer. Recorded for EMI with the excellent Gürzenich-Orchester Köln between 1995 and 2001, Conlon's performances demonstrate an ...
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