La Scala Archive
Audio News for December 10, 2013
Mandela Inspired Concerts, Songs, Movies, Poems, Fiction; LA Times’ List of Top Hi-Res Download Sites; A Premium Clock Radio from Yamaha; Dell Shipping Its First UHD Monitors in Early 2014; Biopic on The Beatles’ Manager; Spotify to Compete with Pandora and iTunes by Offering Free Music; La Scala Gala Season Closes with La Traviata
VERDI: Requiem – Anja Harteros, sop./ Elina Garanca, mezzo-sop./ Jonas Haufmann, tenor/ Rene Pape, bass/ Orchestra and Chorus of La Scala/ Daniel Barenboim – Decca (2 CDs)
Barenboim comes close—really close—to giving us the ideal Requiem.
Audio News for May 28, 2013
Classical News; Major Grant to Hearing Loss Association; Cambridge Audio Launches New Wireless Speakers
MASCAGNI: Cavalleria Rusticana – Maria Callas, sop./ Giuseppe di Stefano/ Rolando Panerai, baritone/ Anna Maria Canali, mezzo-soprano/ Ebe Ticozzi, contralto – Chorus and Orch. of La Scala/ Tullio Serafin – Pristine Audio
The classic 1953 EMI inscription of Cavalleria Rusticana – starring Callas and di Stefano – receives a glowing restoration, gripping in its dramatic power and often brilliant vocally, all under potent maestro Tullio Serafin.
Audio News for December 14, 2012
Gustavo Dudamel 2013 Musician of the Year; Bicentennials of both Verdi and Wagner Causing Problems in Italy; Rochester Philharmonic Conductor Fired; Mahlermania in Berlin; 2013 Grawemeyer Award to Multimedia Composer; Atlanta Symphony Swindled Out of $1.4 Million
ROSSINI: Aureliano in Palmira – Soloists/ London Philharmonic Orch./ Maurizio Benini – Opera Rara (3 CDs)
This rare Rossini opera was his only one with a role for a castrato.