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The Metropolitan Opera: HD Live — Mozart: Don Giovanni (TheaterByte Opera Review)

October 23, 2016 By Lawrence D. Devoe, MD Leave a Comment

The Metropolitan Opera: HD Live -- Mozart: Don Giovanni Publicity Still

The Metropolitan Opera has a strong revival of their 2011 Don Giovanni currently running as one of their HD Live productions.

Filed Under: Music, Opera Tagged With: Adam Plachetka, Don Giovanni, Fabio Luisi, Hibla Gerzmava, Kwangchul Youn, Malin Byström, Matthew Rose, Mozart, Opera, Paul Appleby, Serena Malfi, The Metropolitan Opera

Floyd: Wuthering Heights [Florentine Opera Company/Mechavich] (TheaterByte SACD Review)

June 1, 2016 By Lawrence D. Devoe, MD Leave a Comment

Reference Recordings allows Opera enthusiasts to rediscover the neglected Carlisle Floyd operatic masterpiece ‘Wuthering Heights’ in this beautiful new quad-DSD-recorded SACD set.

Filed Under: Acoustic Music, Classical, Music, Opera, Reference Recordings, SACD Tagged With: Audio, Audiophile, carlisle floyd, Classical, direct stream digital, DSD, Florentine Opera Company, Music, Opera, Reference Recordings, SACD, wuthering heights

Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen [Wiener Philharmoniker/Solti] Blu-ray Audio Review

December 28, 2014 By Lawrence D. Devoe, MD Leave a Comment

The standard by which all other Ring Cycles are judged by, Decca commits the white-hot performances of Georg Solti, the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, and a raft of great singers, to a single Pure Audio Blu-ray Disc.

Filed Under: Blu-ray Audio, Classical, Decca, Music, Opera Tagged With: Bluray Audio, Classical, Decca, Der Ring des Nibelungen, Opera, Wagner

Puccini: Turandot [London Philharmonic/Mehta] Blu-ray Audio Review

December 7, 2014 By Lawrence D. Devoe, MD Leave a Comment

A dream cast rendition of Puccini’s last opera Turandot gets the Pure Audio Blu-ray makeover that it has long deserved from Decca.

Filed Under: Blu-ray Audio, Classical, Decca, Music, Opera Tagged With: Bluray Audio, Classical, Decca, Opera, Puccini, Pure Audio, Turandot

Puccini: Madama Butterfly [Vienna Philharmonic/Karajan] Blu-ray Audio Review

December 7, 2014 By Lawrence D. Devoe, MD Leave a Comment

The Madama Butterfly that sets the recorded standard for this work gets remastered to the nth degree with simply superb results.

Filed Under: Blu-ray Audio, Classical, Decca, Music, Opera Tagged With: Bluray Audio, Classical, Decca, Herbert von Karajan, Madama Butterfly, Opera, Pure Audio

Donizetti: L’Elisir d’Amore [English Chamber Orchestra/Bonynge] Blu-ray Audio Review

December 5, 2014 By Lawrence D. Devoe, MD Leave a Comment

Donizetti’s comic masterpiece has received many recordings, but this remastered Pure Audio Blu-ray version must be considered a top contender.

Filed Under: Blu-ray Audio, Classical, Decca, Music, Opera Tagged With: Bluray Audio, Classical, Decca, English Chamber Orchestra, Gaetano Donizetti, Pure Audio

Stale Kleiberg: David and Bathsheba [Trondheim Symphony] Blu-ray Audio Review

December 13, 2012 By Lawrence D. Devoe, MD Leave a Comment

A modern-day opera/oratorio, David and Bathsheba is a fabulous work performed by a top-flight cast and presented in terrific sonics.

Filed Under: 2L, Blu-ray Audio, Classical, Music, Opera Tagged With: 2L, Blu-ray Audio, Classical, Opera, Oratorio, Stale Kleiberg, Trondheim Symphony, Trondheimsolistene

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