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Concerto of Deliverance ... (See the whole review)

The Ring Cycle is 'music-drama' as it could be and should be. Laden with drama; teeming with endless melodic richness; oozing with romantic heroism and thunderous power - love, death, desire, justice, sex, fire, gold, lust - all appear here; all drenched in music! We begin in the Rhine - "In it!" as Anna Russell reinforces - with three naked... (See the whole review)

Of all the recordings of the 9th that I've listened to, this version, conducted by John Eliot Gardiner, is my favorite.  He really attacks the music, yielding an intense and epic result.  It was recorded using period instruments, so supposedly sounds much more like Beethoven originally intended.  The fifth movement seems to me to be especially pass... (See the whole review)

Beautiful woman, unflinchingly self-assured male, soaring voices and terrific music. Pretty hard to beat for Sense Of Life

Rock group Queen's music always did have a touch of the operatic. Some of their best known tracks have now been arranged as a classical symphony, and it works brilliantly! I'd heard Freddy Mercury was a big opera fan. Coincidence? (See the whole review)

This is the definitive Les Mis. In 1990, the best singers from Les Miserables productions from around the world got together and recorded this wonderful 3 CD version of the musical. It has the whole thing, all the way through. The lyrics are great, the music is great, and the passion is great. I originally had the cassette version, but I wore the t... (See the whole review)