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31 July 2016

CD REVIEW: Padre Antonio Soler — SIX CONCERTI FOR TWO KEYBOARDS (Philippe LeRoy & Jory Vinikour, harpsichords; Delos DE 3491)

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PADRE ANTONIO SOLER (1729 – 1783) : Six Concerti for Two Keyboards — Philippe LeRoy and Jory Vinikour , harpsichords [Recorded at the Scori...
30 July 2016

ARTS IN ACTION: Berkshire Opera Festival brings Grand Opera to the Berkshire Region of Western Massachusetts with 2016 Festival production of Puccini’s Madama Butterfly

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It was said by the first Chancellor of unified Germany Otto von Bismarck—and repeated but not, as has sometimes been suggested, originated ...
23 July 2016

CD REVIEW: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — LE NOZZE DI FIGARO (T. Hampson, S. Yoncheva, L. Pisaroni, C. Karg, A. Brower, A. S. von Otter, M. Muraro, R. Villazón, J.-P. Fouchécourt, P. Sly, R. Mühlemann; Deutsche Grammophon 479 5945)

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WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756 – 1791) : Le nozze di Figaro , K. 492 — Thomas Hampson (Conte d’Almaviva), Sonya Yoncheva (Contessa d’Almavi...
21 July 2016

CD REVIEW: Giuseppe Verdi — AIDA (K. Lewis, A. Bocelli, V. Simeoni, A. Maestri, C. Colombara, G. Giuseppini, M. Katzarava, J. J. de León; DECCA 483 0075)

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GIUSEPPE VERDI (1813 – 1901) : Aida — Kristin Lewis (Aida), Andrea Bocelli (Radamès), Veronica Simeoni (Amneris), Ambrogio Maestri (Amon...
19 July 2016

CD REVIEW: Mieczysław Weinberg & Dmitri Shostakovich — SOLO SONATAS FOR VIOLIN NOS. 1 – 3 & 3 FANTASTIC DANCES (Linus Roth, violin; Challenge Classics CC72688)

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MIECZYSŁAW WEINBERG (1919 – 1996) : Solo Sonatas for Violin Nos. 1 – 3 and DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH (1906 - 1975) : Three Fantastic Dances [tra...