CD Review | Etiquette (Leaf Music, 2023)
This world-première recording of Etiquette, a one-act chamber opera with music by Monica Pearce and libretto by John Terauds, features sopranos Maureen Batt and Erin Bardua.
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Nearly three decades after it was initially made, Israeli-Canadian cellist Ofra Harnoy’s recording of Edward Elgar’s cello concerto has been released on Sony Classical.
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