Schoenberg

Superbly recorded and played under the baton of Georg Solti, this suffers from soloists who are too approximate and often too close. The crowd scenes, however, are thrilling. Michael Tanner

Michael Tanner

Published: January 20, 2012 at 4:06 pm

COMPOSERS: Schoenberg
LABELS: Decca
ALBUM TITLE: Moses und Aron
PERFORMER: Franz Mazura, Philip Langridge, Aage Haugland; Chicago Symphony Chorus & Orchestra/Georg Solti
CATALOGUE NO: 475 8678

Superbly recorded and played under the baton of Georg Solti, this suffers from soloists who are too approximate and often too close. The crowd scenes, however, are thrilling.

Michael Tanner

Michael Tanner

Journalist and Critic, BBC Music Magazine

Michael Tanner is a critic for BBC Music Magazine and the opera critic of The Spectator. He is now a fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, having lectured in the Philosophy faculty at the University of Cambridge for 36 years. In 2010, he released The Faber Pocket Guide to Wagner.

Schoenberg

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