19.11.10

Side Notes: Mahler on Vinyl

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This is music to my ears! The San Francisco Symphony is issuing its Mahler recordings—“The Mahler Project”— on Vinyl . A luxurious, one-off ...
18.11.10

Ionarts-at-Large: Opera in San Francisco

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We sent* Robert R. Reilly out West and he enthusiastically reports back from the San Francisco Opera. The evenings of November 9 th and 10...

Ionarts-at-Large: Haitink's Unfinished Business with Bruckner

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A.Bruckner, Symphony No.9 , P.Jaervi / Frankfurt RSO RCA SACD Every time I write about the Bruckner Te Deum I mention that it’s one...
17.11.10

Listen What the Cat Dragged In: Walter Braunfels, Jeanne d'Arc

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Walter Braunfels, Jeanne d'Arc - Szenen aus dem Leben der heiligen Johanna , M.Honeck / Swedish RSO / Banse Stensvold et al. Decca ...

Opera Lafayette: 'It's Alive!'

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Read my review published today in the Style section of the Washington Post : Charles T. Downey, Opera Lafayette at the Terrace Theater ...
16.11.10

Venice Baroque Orchestra with Robert McDuffie

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P. Glass, Violin Concerto No. 2 ("American Four Seasons"), R. McDuffie, London Philharmonic Orchestra, M. Alsop Vivaldi, Four...
15.11.10

DCist: What to Hear This Week

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See the latest edition of my regular column, the Classical Music Agenda, published at DCist today: Classical Music Agenda ( DCist , Nov...
14.11.10

In Brief: 40 Years Edition

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Here is your regular Sunday selection of links to good things in Blogville and Beyond. Does Flora , a ballad opera on a text sometimes attr...