Ralph P. Locke
A captivating world-premiere recording of a work by the 21-year-old who would later conquer the operatic world with “Les Huguenots” and “L’Africaine.”
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The Israeli-born composer, a professor at Gettysburg College, composes music that intrigues the mind and glistens with fresh sounds.
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Auber’s 1831 “Le Philtre” (“The Love Potion”) is an engaging romp that helped give birth to Donizetti’s “L’elisir d’amore.” Immensely popular in his own day, why isn’t it revived more often?
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Marin Marais, memorably enacted by Gérard Depardieu (and his son Guillaume) in the film “Tous les matins du monde,” proves a master of Baroque opera in this splendid recording.
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Joseph Bologne, whose mother was a slave in Guadeloupe, proves to be as skillful in vocal-dramatic music as we have long known he was in instrumental works.
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In this splendid album, pianist Kristin Ditlow shares her love of the piano in melody-drenched works from many lands and peoples.
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A prize-winning revival of a politically rambunctious, often-entertaining opera from ’60s East Germany
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First presented in 1813, “Les Abencérages” displays the mastery and inventiveness of the renowned composer of the opera “Medea.”
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A new CD brings us marvelous and varied works by an American master composed between the ages of 88 and 93 (and a mere child at 55).
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Bohuslav Martinů, one of the greatest Czech-born composers, reveals a dark-comic sensibility in his rarely performed “Knife” and “Bridge” operas.
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