Word: berlioz
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...BERLIOZ: LES NUITS D'ETE; MAHLER: SONGS (Bridge). The great mezzo-soprano Jan DeGaetani's last recording renders almost palpable the feelings of yearning and fleeting gaiety, along with the elegiac beauty, that make these songs, and her art, imperishable...
...Berlioz is the founder of modern orchestration." (Music...
...Berlioz is the founder of modern orchestration." (Music...
...made the reputation of Chung, up until now probably best known as the younger brother of violinist Kyung-Wha Chung. Against all odds, he assembled a cast whose only prominent members were sopranos Grace Bumbry (Cassandra) and Shirley Verrett (Dido) and drew from it a sensitive reading of Berlioz's sprawling score. Bumbry was in good voice; Verrett was not; and the other singers tended to be ciphers. But Chung welded them and a surprisingly good chorus together into a splendid ensemble...
Although it flirted dangerously with catastrophe at times, a new production of Berlioz's Les Troyens serves notice that there will be no more business as usual in Paris...