Month: June 2008

Some thoughts on Performance DVDs

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I’ve often debated the value of performance DVDs over recordings. Obviously, in many areas, especially opera, video recordings are invaluable documents. Since production values are intrinsic to so many operas today, unless you are lucky enough to be there, a DVD performance may be the only way to experience the entire production—not just the singing. Read More …

A concertmaster, Jacques Israelievitch bows out

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An article from The Globe And Mail For 20 years, the French-born concertmaster of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra has been the last musician to walk onstage, just before performances begin… His next disc, on the Naxos label, will feature another chamber group he plays in: the Mirage Quintet, consisting of flute, violin, viola, cello and Read More …