A favorite Mozart performance from Roger Pines A favorite Mozart performance from Roger Pines

Ponnelle directing and Böhm conducting Le Nozze di Figaro with Prey, Freni, Fischer-Dieskau, Te Kanawa, and Ewing leading the cast. A classier performance of the piece can hardly be imagined.

By Roger Pines January 03, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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A real vibrancy A real vibrancy

Your favorite box set-aholic here completely missed the release last August of Giuseppe Di Stefano – Complete Decca Recordings in honor of the great tenor’s centenary.

By June 20, 2022 at 3:14 PM
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Crowning achievement Crowning achievement

Sondra Radvanovsky is very special here!

By May 05, 2022 at 1:10 PM
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Pout and about Pout and about

I could feel my face (to say nothing of my spirits) sink as I opened an envelope from La Cieca containing a new Decca CD to review.

By January 19, 2012 at 2:08 PM
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