popular music: Deryck Cooke

popular music: Deryck Cooke

popular music:

Deryck Cooke

An Introduction to Der Ring des Nibelungen

Deryck Cooke, Georg Solti, ...

Decca, 2005

FASCINATING STUDY FOR NOVICES AND AFFICIONADOS ALIKE
This may look an intimidating, daunting and dull prospect - a 2+ hour lecture on the motifs in the Ring. Don't be put off. Whether you're a relative novice to the Ring and want to find out what it's all about, more experienced with a desire to understand the ...

Stokowski Conducts Berlioz & Scriabin

Hector Berlioz, Alexander Scriabin, ...

BBC Legends, 1999

The best performance of the Symphonie Fantastique
With Berlioz making a huge hit this last year, invariably the question arises over the best recording of the Symphonie Fantastique, Berlioz's first great work and certainly his most famous. The greatest challenges to any conductor with this work is contending with the ...

Felicity Lott - S'amuse ~ d'Offenbach à Chausson
Jacques Offenbach, Emmanuel Chabrier, ...

Forlane, 2000

Though she has never had much of a career in the U.S., either in opera or in concert, soprano Felicity Lott is one of England's most beloved singers. It often seems, though, her heart belongs to France. This is one of several recital discs she has devoted to the French art song, and it is her most varied and unbuttoned. There are some bouyant ...