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The 2024 Atmos remaster of this all-time great Traviata opens the soundstage, but the main attraction is still soprano Ileana Cotrubas, a Violetta of blazing passion, exposed nerves and heartbreaking human frailty.
These recordings have been electrifying listeners for fifty years, and DG keeps upping the digital voltage. Spatial audio doesn’t change the performance, but it pulls you right into the concert hall.
A recording for the ages: the firebrand soloist reinvents herself as a collaborator, Argerich meets Kremer as an equal, and they throw off sparks.
To celebrate Canada Day July 1, here are a couple of new releases featuring leading Canadian artists that have caught my eye recently
Pinnock’s landmark 1987–88 Archiv recording of Corelli’s Op. 6 returns in a Dolby Atmos remix that restores its standing near the top of a crowded field; the surround remix makes the already fine recorded sound feel fresh again.
More like a cabinet of curiosities than an evocation of night, but a cabinet filled with moments of magic