Paul Hillier is one of today’s more ably equipped and versatile performers of early music, his baritone a warmly expressive instrument, his articulation clear, his
Who knows what creative force drove 16th-century French composer Jean Richafort (c.1480-c.1547) to write music of such sublime power and soothing sensuality. But the fact
There’s little to criticize about Alain Planès’ solid and stylish Haydn, notably in the lyric simplicity and songful phrasing the pianist brings to the slow
Fauré’s music for violin and piano links both ends of the composer’s long career, from the early A major sonata’s lyric beauty and wry playfulness
Sometimes a disc’s title can be just a bit too clever for its own good. From a glance at this disc’s cover, with its title
Even those who have heard of Nikolaus Bruhns normally associate him with organ music, but judging by this CD of six of his sacred cantatas,
Mezzo-soprano Bernarda Fink is a very intelligent singer who seems to have a direct line to the heart of these Schumann songs. Most of the
The star of this recording is an 1882 vintage Steinway, whose registers are attractively differentiated. However, Frank Braley’s traversals of these oft-recorded warhorses leave an
Rameau on piano? Aren’t Rameau’s tactile syntax and ornamental surface style necessarily instrument-specific (meaning, of course, the harpsichord), whereas Bach’s “universal” language can be applied
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