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Great choice Dave.

And keeping with the Brockes Book the early Handel version should not be overlooked.
The Collegium Cartusianum version outshines all others.

One of Telemann´s finest recordings. René Jacobs conducts a magnificent performance, very well sung and played. All in all one of Telemann´s most desirable recordings.

Sondra Radvanovsky is giving a recital tomorrow at the Palace of Fine Arts.
She is one of the few sopranos today who has what it takes for Verdi.

This is the first recording of the original version of Il Pastor Fido. Lucy Crowe is just exquisite.

Happy Birthday Johann Sebastian Bach.

I have 32 recordings of Cosi fan Tutte, so I may choose one today and another the next day. Quite frankly I love all of them. Among my favourite sopranos who have recorded Fiordiligi are Lella Cuberli with Baremboim, Gundula Janowitz with Böhm, Irmgard Seefried with Jochum and Margaret Price with K...

That recording is considered a classic Fergus. The young Karajan was a far more stylish Mozart conductor than he later became. The cast is excellent, though I personally prefer the guys over the girls. Schwarzkopf too was a more positive and less mannered soprano than later in her career, and even ...

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Ca-4mZ7UL._SL500_AA300_.jpg I enjoyed this performance. It would not be the best “Mozartian” performance that I have heard but it was still enjoyable. This recording was made in 1954. I thought that the vocals were very fine on this performance but then I do ...

Since today it´s a holiday in Mexico, I treated myself to both recordings of Haydn´s Armida, one of his finest operas. The Dorati recorded in the mid- 70´s has aged well, though inevitably Harnoncourt´s in period instruments is even more stylish and up to date. What's the ocassion Pepe? It is a pub...

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51zpT8ryiSL._SS500_.jpg http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B00000E4UA.03.LZZZZZZZ.jpg Since today it´s a holiday in Mexico, I treated myself to both recordings of Haydn´s Armida, one of his finest operas. The Dorati recorded in the mid- 70´s has aged well, th...