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http://www.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/3149020610121.jpg I just heard this Polish baritone last november singing Don Giovanni at the MET and he was awesome. Now HM brings his first recital and it´s a success. He makes an ideal Eugene Onegin, his high, lyric baritone falls just perfect into this role....

http://boxset.ru/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/king_handel_l_allegro_il_penseroso_ed_il_moderato.jpg I do not have any versions at all of that work Pepe. You should investigate it Fergus, it´s a masterpiece. And the King is the version to have since an earlier one by Gardiner in ERATO is incomplete an...

http://boxset.ru/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/king_handel_l_allegro_il_penseroso_ed_il_moderato.jpg This is one of my favourite Handel works, and one that is difficult to describe, because even though it´s not an oratorio but rather a pastoral cantata, or musical poem, it does have a "religious&...

It´s ok Sean, you can listen to whatever you like, but keep an open mind, there´s some more good music besides Mahler out there, like my dear Gioachino Rossini who was born 210 years ago, but has only had 52 birthdays (he is funny even in his birthday!). And what better way to honor him than with on...

http://www.dresscircle.co.uk/images/xt_pics/37899.jpg And just because I have Catholic tastes after Fux what better late night entertainment than some very fine Rodgers and Hammerstein. This South Pacific was recorded live by the ORF in Vienna with 2 important opera stars: the great Italian basso F...

http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000H4VZF8.01._SS500_SCLZZZZZZZ_V59939292_.jpg Imperial court composer Fux. A beautiful recording. You never cease to amaze me Pepe with the wonderful CDs that you continually produce!! Well, you know I´m a big Fux, Muffat and Biber aficionado. Many people stil...

Imperial court composer Fux. A beautiful recording.

Go for it Sean! Life is too short to miss these wonderful symphonies. I promise they are immediately likable, you won´t be disappointed.

http://www.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/0761203935321.jpg Hakon Börresen was the OTHER great early 20th Century Danish composer after Nielsen. He was more of a late Romantic than Nielsen, but none the worse for that. His music is beautifully crafted and immediately appealing. In fact if you love Sibel...

http://www.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/0761203935321.jpg Hakon Börresen was the OTHER great early 20th Century Danish composer after Nielsen. He was more of a late Romantic than Nielsen, but none the worse for that. His music is beautifully crafted and immediately appealing. In fact if you love Sibel...