by Barry Lenson | Feb 22, 2019 | Claude Achille Debussy, Maurice Ravel, Uncategorized
Marie-Eve Munger, a young Québec-born coloratura soprano, made a standout Chicago Lyric Opera debut in December as the Fairy Godmother in Massenet’s Cendrillon. She will soon be singing Zerbinetta in Ariadne auf Naxos at the Opéra du Lausanne. Those are only two...
by Barry Lenson | Mar 29, 2018 | Claude Achille Debussy, Emmanuel Chabrier, Maurice Ravel
The Emerson Quartet, the Juilliard Quartet, the Brodsky Quartet and other top string quartets have already recorded CDs that pair the quartets of Debussy and Ravel. There is a reason for that. While dramatically different in structure and mood, these two quartets are...
by Barry Lenson | Sep 1, 2016 | French Music, Maurice Ravel, Orchestral Music, Uncategorized
I am enthralled with one of the new releases that are available for listening here on Classical Archives. It is a two-CD recording on the Urania Arts label of the great Belgian/French maestro Andre Cluytens conducting the Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du...
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