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Handel: Messiah [Academy of Ancient Music/Hogwood] Blu-ray Audio Review

July 2, 2015 By Lawrence D. Devoe, MD Leave a Comment

Handel: Messiah [Academy of Ancient Music/Hogwood] Blu-ray Audio Review

Christopher Hogwood’s legendary authentic version of Handel’s choral masterpiece receives a fabulous Pure Audio remastering.

Filed Under: Blu-ray Audio, Choral Music, Classical, Decca, Early Music, Music Tagged With: Bluray Audio, Classical, Decca, Handel, Messiah, Pure Audio

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

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

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

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

Giacomo Puccini: Tosca [Opernhaus Zurich/Carignani] Blu-ray Review

December 10, 2014 By Lawrence D. Devoe, MD Leave a Comment

Giacomo Puccini: Tosca [Opernhaus Zurich/Carignani] Blu-ray Review

This Tosca with, mostly minimalist sets and a thrilling tenor, disappoints in the other two principal roles.

Filed Under: BD & UHD BD, Classical Music, Decca, Italian Language, Opera Tagged With: Classical, Decca, Opera, Paolo Carignani, Puccini, Tosca

Bizet: Carmen [Opernhaus Zurich/Welser-Möst] Blu-ray Review

December 10, 2014 By Lawrence D. Devoe, MD Leave a Comment

Bizet: Carmen [Opernhaus Zurich/Welser-Möst] Blu-ray Review

A minimalist performance of Bizet’s beloved opera Carmen that fails to deliver the passion, heat, and atmosphere that this masterpiece requires.

Filed Under: BD & UHD BD, Classical Music, Decca, French Language, Opera Tagged With: Carmen, Classical, Decca, Georges Bizet, Opera

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Brahms: The Symphonies [Gewandhausorchester/Chailly] Blu-ray Audio Review

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

Brahms: The Symphonies [Gewandhausorchester/Chailly] Blu-ray Audio Review

A simply overwhelming collection of Brahms’s orchestral works that belongs in the library of all classical music lovers.

Filed Under: Blu-ray Audio, Classical, Decca, Music Tagged With: Bluray Audio, Brahms, Classical, Decca, Gewandhausorchester, Pure Audio, Riccardo Chailly

Rossini: Le Comte Ory [Orchestra La Scintilla/Tang] Blu-ray Review

May 20, 2014 By Lawrence D. Devoe, MD Leave a Comment

Rossini: Le Comte Ory [Orchestra La Scintilla/Tang] Blu-ray Review

This is the first performance of Le Comte Ory recorded with a period orchestra, ably led by Maestro Muhai Tang.

Filed Under: BD & UHD BD, Classical Music, Decca, French Language, Opera Tagged With: Cecilia Bartoli, Decca, Giachino Rossini, Le Comte Ory, Muhai Tang, Opera

Rossini: Otello [Orchestra La Scintilla/Tang] Blu-ray Review

May 19, 2014 By Lawrence D. Devoe, MD Leave a Comment

Rossini: Otello [Orchestra La Scintilla/Tang] Blu-ray Review

A rarely heard Rossini specialty, we get four good tenors contributing to terrific performance of Rossini’s retelling of the Shakespeare legend.

Filed Under: BD & UHD BD, Classical Music, Decca, Italian Language, Opera Tagged With: Cecilia Bartoli, Decca, Giachino Rossini, Opera, Orchestra La Scintilla, Otello

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