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I was thinking there should be a thread for Italian Opera as a counterpart to the "Historical Wagner Recordings" thread. Since that thread is in the main opera forum, I thought I'd put this one here too. To get things started, I wanted to mention the most recent historical recording I've...

Seeing the excellent discussion topic in "New Releases" about the Ars Nova boxes of historical mono recordings of String Quarters. I open this thread to ask everything we want to know about labels of historical recordings we love, like Archipel (Archipel/Andromeda/Walhall/Myto), Pristine...

Growing up, I sometimes listened to some of the 78s that were part of a set my mother had from somewhere. The set was part of La Traviata, Acts 1 and 2 through Pere Germont's "Di Provenza". I presume we never had the corresponding set with the rest of the opera. I have been wondering what...

From Byzantine Empire, Georgia, Russia, Romania and Serbia. Can anyone introduce/recommend some historical works belong to this church? A few Georgian chants I heard several years ago were very oriental and spiritual and I liked them. I hope I find more.

I have many Wagner recordings, but am a bit light on the great mono historical recordings. Which are the ones I need to get? Your favorites? thanks

I really enjoy Erik Satie's work. But I'm wondering if his work falls within some kind of historical context (romanticism->impressionism->modernism). The other impressionist composers wrote in traditional forms. But Satie's work seems like its own thing...

When one selects novels or movies, they are conveniently sorted into genres, such as action, fantasy, romance, comedy, historical, etc. Clearly, I wouldn't select a romance novel for my reading, while I would select an action or historical one. I recognize that opera is not just a story, but is...

Hi All, Grigorian.com is having a sale on all in-stock Naxos Historical CDs until late December! A number of these discs can't be sold by US retailers because of copyright issues, but since we are located in Canada we can ship to US addresses. Single CDs are $5.98 CAN! Please keep in mind...

One of the loveliest traditional types of Debate is what is called a'Balloon Debate'. For those of you who don't know what this is I'll explain: Imagine a hot-air balloon flying over the mountains with several well known historical characters on board. Then the balloon springs a leak! The only...