December 2009
Webern Orchestral Works – Ulster Orchestra
Webern’s Miniature Universe, Finely Calibrated Naxos 8.554841 The Ulster Orchestra under Takuo Yuasa offers something increasingly rare…
Weber Peter Schmoll – Hagen Philharmonic Markson
Weber’s Juvenilia: A Fifteen-Year-Old’s Prophetic Voice Peter Schmoll and his Neighbours (1802) Soloists; Hagen Philharmonic Orchestra/Gerhard Markson…
Walton Variations and Orchestral Works by Litton
Walton’s Later Voice, Handsomely Served The Bournemouth Symphony under Andrew Litton offers a well-upholstered ride through three…
Bruno Walter and Goldmark Chamber Works – Graffin
Bruno Walter and Karl Goldmark: Chamber Works Philippe Graffin, violin; Pascal Devoyon, piano Hyperion CDA67220 Hyperion’s engineers…
Wagner Tristan und Isolde – de Sabata La Scala
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde** Grob-Prandl, Lorenz, Cavelti, Bjorling, Nilsson; La Scala Orchestra and Chorus/de Sabata Archipel ARPCD…
Wagner Tristan und Isolde – Flagstad and Melchior
WAGNER: Tristan und Isolde** Kirsten Flagstad (Isolde), Lauritz Melchior (Tristan), Sabine Kalter (Brangäne), Herbert Janssen (Kurwenal), Emmanuel…
1937 Met Siegfried – Schorr and Melchior Triumph
# A Golden Age Captured—If Imperfectly There are moments in the history of recorded opera when the…