In his introductory notes to this massive 32-CD set, Met general manager Peter Gelb wrote, without hyperbole, "No conductor has played a more vital role in the history of the Metropolitan Opera than our music director, James Levine." The set, James Levine Celebrating 40 Years at the Met, is a remarkably fine tribute that includes 11 productions (two of them triple-bills of small works) recorded between 1978 and 2003. It's an immensely appealing collection of performances. This is not a representative sample of the core ...
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In his introductory notes to this massive 32-CD set, Met general manager Peter Gelb wrote, without hyperbole, "No conductor has played a more vital role in the history of the Metropolitan Opera than our music director, James Levine." The set, James Levine Celebrating 40 Years at the Met, is a remarkably fine tribute that includes 11 productions (two of them triple-bills of small works) recorded between 1978 and 2003. It's an immensely appealing collection of performances. This is not a representative sample of the core repertoire -- only three of the eleven are not 20th century works -- but it includes some of the conductor's greatest musical triumphs, and these are almost all works Levine had not commercially recorded. There's not an Italian opera in the bunch, and there are two each by Berlioz, Berg, and Stravinsky. An added benefit is that many of the singers are performing roles they never recorded commercially. The set's treasures are too many to enumerate in a brief review but some of the most...
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