What can be said about Britten's War Requiem that hasn't already been said? That it is brilliantly composed, endlessly fascinating, and profoundly affecting? That it is lyrically heartrending, musically heartbreaking, and emotionally devastating? That it is the single most persuasive setting of the Requiem text of the twentieth century? That is ...
This Catalyst disc features two relative rarities by Michael Tippett: his The Vision of St. Augustine from 1965 and The Rose Lake from 1995. The former is a cantata for baritone and orchestra setting Augustine's ecstatic vision of time and eternity. The latter is his last orchestral score describing the color and light of a lake under the sun in ...
Since Claude Debussy's classic orchestral works La Mer, Nocturnes, and Prélude ŕ l'aprčs-midi d'un faune are masterpieces of diaphanous color, muted shadings, and continually changing dimensions, it takes a light and careful touch to bring off their extremely subtle effects without making them sound like Impressionistic daubs and smears, and more ...
Georg Solti fans will already have heard most of the performances offered here -- perhaps many times (Glinka and Borodin with the London Symphony, Strauss and Stravinsky with the Chicago Symphony, Wagner with the Wiener Philharmoniker, and Bartók and Kodály with the Budapest Symphony Orchestra). All have been readily available on Decca since they ...
Most years have had their share of interesting Mahler releases, but 2008 counts as a banner year, thanks to the series of Valery Gergiev's live performances on LSO. With a subjective First, a powerful Sixth, and a convincing Seventh, this formidable conductor has given reviewers and listeners a great deal to consider and discuss, often resulting ...
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