French National Orchestra

Classical Album Review: “Compositrices — New Light on French Romantic Women Composers”

April 27, 2024

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By Ralph P. Locke An 8-CD set of diverse and enjoyable works, brought back from obscurity by Aude Extrémo, Roberto Prosseda, and other major performers. Compositrices: New Light on French Romantic Women Composers Cyrille Dubois and Yann Beuron (t), Aude Extrémo (mz), Claire Le Boulanger (fl), Roberto Prosseda, Alessandra Ammara, and Nathalia Milstein (p), and…

Opera Album Review: Offenbach in a Spanish Mood, in a Top-notch First Recording

October 1, 2020

Posted in Featured, Music, Opera, Review

Bravo to the Bru Zane folks for this latest triumph! I encourage opera lovers to get to know this treasurable Spanish (or faux-Spanish) work by the pioneering master of nineteenth-century operetta.

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