Diana Damrau
Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail, K384 For me, the challenge of enjoying some of the operas other than the major Mozart masterpieces, is that many of them have so much dialog/recitatives that I get …
Recordings Archive
Shostakovich’s 5th
Shostakovich The Symphony #5 of Dmitri Shostakovich is an expression of profound human emotion. I hear in this music sounds of isolation, of anxiety, of suffering, longing, and remembrance of things long ago. If you …
Céline Moinet
Céline Moinet: Solo Oboe Bach, C P E: Oboe Sonata in A minor, Wq. 132, H. 562 Bach, J S: Partita in A minor for solo flute, BWV1013 Berio: Sequenza VII for oboe Britten: Six …
Schubert Lieder
Schubert: Willkommen und Abschied The CD title means Welcome and taking leave/saying good-bye… Nice title for the mood and emotion that these songs evoke… Schubert: Heidenröslein, D257 Schlaflied D527 (Mayrhofer) Wiegenlied D867 (Seidl) Geheimes, …
Osmo Vanska
Vanska’s Sibelius For me, the composer Jean Sibelius created amazing sounds to depict the cold, frigid landscape of the Finnish countryside. And his music went on to become a favorite of mine and of a …