Also, Verdi: The Four Seasons.” Marco Fiorini, violin; I Musici. Decca 485 2630. By John J. Puccio The first thing I thought of when I saw t...

From Bel Canto to Jazz. Volker Reinhold, violin; Ralph Zedler, piano. MDG 903 2134-6. The Harvard Concise Dictionary of Music defines a m...

Angela Gheorghiu, Daniela Barcellona, Roberto Alagna, and Julian Konstantinov, soloists; Claudio Abbado, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. Warn...

Arthur Fiedler, Boston Pops Orchestra. JVC JM-XR24020. I read once that Arthur Fiedler had sold more classical albums than any conductor w...

Various composers and artists. FIM UHD 088 (4-disc box set). British Decca is one of the oldest, most-prestigious, and most-innovative rec...

Kristin Lewis, Violeta Urmana, Piotr Beczala, Ildar Abdrazakov; Philippe Jordan, Orchestre et Choeur de L'Opera National de Paris. Erato...

Sharon Kam, clarinet; Ruben Gazarian, Wurttembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn. Berlin Classics 0300547BC. The last time I reviewed a...

Jonas Kaufmann, tenor; Coro del Teatro Municipale di Piancenza; Pier Giorgio Morandi, Orchestra dell-Opera di Parma. Sony Classical 8876549...

Placido Domingo, baritone; Pablo Heras-Casado, Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana. Sony 88883733122. For the past four or five decades...

Music of Verdi, Wagner, and Strauss. Lorin Maazel, Vienna Philharmonic. Sony 88883712052. You may have seen this on TV. PBS often airs t...

Carlo Franci, Chorus and Orchestra of L'Accademia di Santa Cecilia Rome. LIM XR24 018. Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) wro...

Mirella Freni, Jose Carreras, Agnes Baltsa, Piero Cappucilli; Herbert von Karajan, Choir of the Vienna State Opera, Vienna Philharmonic Orch...

Renata Tebaldi, Carlo Bergonzi, Giulietta Simionato, Cornell MacNeil; Herbert von Karajan, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. Decca Originals 28...