Bernstein: Wonderful Town

This piece is probably best watched on DVD, where it can be found with the same cast and conductor. For listeners, it’s unlikely this account will be surpassed. Michael Tanner

 

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4

Michael Tanner

Published: January 20, 2012 at 4:28 pm

COMPOSERS: Bernstein
LABELS: EMI
WORKS: Wonderful Town
PERFORMER: Criswell, McDonald, Hampson; London Voices; Birmingham Contemporary Music Group/Simon Rattle
CATALOGUE NO: EMI 967 1362

This piece is probably best watched on DVD, where it can be found with the same cast and conductor. For listeners, it’s unlikely this account will be surpassed. 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.
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