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...
by Barry Lenson | Mar 29, 2018 | Opera, Philip Glass, Uncategorized
Didn’t Philip Glass compose the operas Akhnaten and Einstein on the Beach? Yes, he did. But now that he is 80, he is not resting on his considerable accomplishments. He is enjoying a year of nearly frenetic activity that would knock the tar our of most people half his...
by Barry Lenson | Aug 3, 2017 | Piano Music, Robert Schumann, Uncategorized
Let’s start by watching Sviatoslav Richter play the living daylights of this piece. Many works of classical music have easy-to-pronounce names. There are Papillons (Schumann), Aida (Verdi) and other pieces that have mellifluous names that roll right off the...
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