Lovers of the Austro-German Classical symphony will delight intros dic; as will horn players, doubly blessed (quadruply?) by a double horn concerto and a symphony that features the horns prominently. Franz Anton Hoffmeister was prolific: […]
Vom Himmel hoch – Luther’s hymn in a 1541 songbookUsed by Bach in his Magnificat in E Flat Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Alessandro Stradella, Purcell, Bach: Magnificat in E Flat; Ciara Skerath, Katie Bray, Jess Dandy, James Way, […]
The passing has been recorded of Vladimir Shcherbakov, tenor soloist at the Bolshoi from 1977 to 1991. He was 86. His greatest fame came with a recording of the Soviet remake of Glinka’s A Life […]