Stalin’s operatic storm-out strikes fear in shostakovich

Premières Symphonies Works by Bizet, Gounod and Saint-Saëns Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo/Kazuki Yamada Alpha Classics ALPHA1149 89:27 mins (2CD) The most familiar of these three classically

In mid-October 1871, a message was cabled from New York City to Franz Liszt in Europe. In itself, this was nothing unusual. Nearing 60 years old, the Hungarian composer and pianist had long been a glo

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Predating Porgy and Bess by 13 years, George Gershwin’s Blue Monday was similarly written for an entirely Black cast. Set in a Harlem basement cafe, the jazz-infused opera’s title reflects the theory