By Playing Old-Style, The Russian National Orchestra Reveals Something New in Mussorgsky Works
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...
Featured New Release on Classical Archives: All-Star Great Singers Perform Schumann and Brahms
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...
Exploring the Many Recordings of Schubert’s Winterreise on Classical Archives
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...
Featured New Release: Colorature by Marie-Eve Munger
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...
Beyond “à Chloris” . . . Delving Deeper into the Music of Reynaldo Hahn
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...
Interview with Symbolium Co-Founder and Composer Aram Hovhannisyan
by Anna Harutyunyan Classical Archives is pleased to present this interview that Anna Harutyunyan conducted with with Aram Hovhannisyan, one of the most important new composers in his native Armenia and increasingly, on the world stage. When did you start composing -...
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