“Dilettantism” nowadays carries pejorative overtones of amateurish dabbling, though it originally signified the taking of pleasure (“diletto” in Italian) in what one does. Countertenor Xavier Sabata’s ...
Look at Xavier Sabata, all wet and gladiatorial! It’s one way of selling a countertenor disc, though this one shouldn’t need it: Sabata’s selection of 18th-century Italian arias, in which a variety of ...
Things never become too kitsch, and de Sabata cunningly spices up his late-Romantic palate with dissonant brass fanfares and aggressive, strident chorus writing. It’s all wonderfully enjoyable, ...
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