In Wordsworth’s great ode Intimations of Immortality there is an imaginative reference to “the clouds that gather round the ...

Let me tell you about an intergalactic oratorio. What on earth is that, you might conceivably ask. And in order to initiate a dialogue I might suggest that you speculate about its constituent parts. A ...

The label’s name and legendary yellow logo synonymous for many music lovers ...

From the opening scene, Louis XIV would have felt quite at home in Versailles or the AcadÈmie Royal de Musique, 2 viewing a performance of Lully’s TragÈdies Lyriques. 3 It was, then, the custom to ...

of ‘the Yellow Label’ have been central to the recording of Wagner’s ...

The Danish National Symphony Orchestra’s recording of _Maskarade_ succeeds admirably in striking a careful balance between these ideals. The present DaCapo SACD is an enhanced reissue of a 1977 ...

Telemann), Venice had half a dozen theaters playing opera several nights a week ...

This CD collaboration between the early music viol ensemble Fretwork and vocalist Emma Kirkby is devoted to songs of William Byrd composed in the vernacular to be sung with string accompaniment; ...

Bruch (1838-1920) may be best known for his Violin Concerto no 1, but this first ever recording of his full opera should broaden interest in his output as a whole. Bruch’s Die Loreley is a very early ...

now on a CD released in Argentina.

much of it fruitful, some of it perhaps less so, between Brecht and Weill, came ...