The Slipped Disc daily comfort zone (274): Six of the best

The Slipped Disc daily comfort zone (274): Six of the best

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norman lebrecht

December 29, 2020

Smile, please.

Ancient music:

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  • Patricia says:
    December 29, 2020 at 10:10 pm

    Tacky album cover. Cover it up.

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  • Amelia LeClair says:
    December 30, 2020 at 3:17 pm

    Agree with Patricia. Tiresome male gaze. Get over it.

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  • Pedro says:
    December 30, 2020 at 10:18 pm

    Böhm is supreme. His cast too.

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  • Edgar Self says:
    December 31, 2020 at 4:38 pm

    “Cosi” is a rarity, an ensemble opera, with the six principal singers combining and re-combining into duets, trios, quartets, and sextets, with a stellar aria or two. I don’t remembr a quintet in it.

    It’s the only un-Balkan opera with two Albanians, even if they are pretenders. Karajan’s earlier recording with Elisabeth Schwarzkopf and others is elegant, Boem’s also. Eleanor Steber made a second career with the big aria and some help from Bruno Walter.

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