Simon Rattle’
Nazareno is bright, often joyous, and easy on the ears. That ought to count for something.
Concert halls and opera houses remain closed — but unusual musical experiences await in this era of social isolation.
The two best things about Simon Rattle’s new recording of Die Walküre are, well, Rattle, himself, and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; a strongly played and majestically sung performance of Felix Mendelssohn’s unfairly neglected Die erste Walpurgisnacht.
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