by Barry Lenson | Mar 3, 2019 | Russian Music, Uncategorized
What could be new or different about a recording of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, A Night on Bald Mountain, or his atmospheric short piece Dawn on the Moscow River? These works have already been recorded by virtually all of the world’s great orchestras, from...
by Barry Lenson | Mar 1, 2019 | Uncategorized
If someone asked you to select the finest roster of historically great singers to perform the Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms, chances are you would consider soprano Edith Mathis, alto Brigitte Fassbaender, tenor Peter Schreier, and bass Walter Berry. And if someone...
by Barry Lenson | Mar 1, 2019 | Uncategorized
If you consult a copy of the Schwann Record and Tape Guide from about 1975, you will discover that at that time, only a handful of recordings of Franz Schubert’s song cycle Winterreise were available at the time. There were recordings by the great German baritones...
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 | Feb 18, 2019 | Uncategorized
If you listen to classical music radio, chances are good that you have heard the beautiful song “à Chloris” (“to Chloris”) by Reynaldo Hahn (1874-1947). In fact, you have probably heard the song a number of times. It has become so popular that it has been...
by Barry Lenson | Jul 27, 2018 | Uncategorized
By Anna Harutyunyan The contemporary classical music is full of surprises. At the beginning of the 20th century, composers of classical music started experimenting a lot. In this respect, the postwar era was remarkable not only for literature but also for music. This...
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