Since Handel wrote relatively little solo organ music, David Yearsley has decided to make amends by brilliantly and stylishly appropriating selections from the composer’s vocal
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Since Handel wrote relatively little solo organ music, David Yearsley has decided to make amends by brilliantly and stylishly appropriating selections from the composer’s vocal
I have finally figured out that like anchovies, you can’t convince people to like the countertenor voice if they don’t “get” it. Their infantile squeamishness
In his booklet note for this release. Harry Christophers spouts the usual nonsense about “stripping away the cobwebs” from this music using period instruments, blah,
This almost unknown, large scale (almost 3 hour) oratorio, The To access this content you must login to your Insider account, or purchase a subscription for $5 monthly, or $49 annually.
Handel’s unrivaled masterpieces of the concerto grosso form and style—his To access this content you must login to your Insider account, or purchase a subscription for $5 monthly, or $49 annually.
ReviewsThis almost unknown, large scale (almost 3 hour) oratorio, The To access this content you must login to your Insider account, or purchase a subscription
Handel’s unrivaled masterpieces of the concerto grosso form and style—his To access this content you must login to your Insider account, or purchase a subscription
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Since Handel wrote relatively little solo organ music, David Yearsley has decided to make amends by brilliantly and stylishly appropriating selections from the composer’s vocal
I have finally figured out that like anchovies, you can’t convince people to like the countertenor voice if they don’t “get” it. Their infantile squeamishness
In his booklet note for this release. Harry Christophers spouts the usual nonsense about “stripping away the cobwebs” from this music using period instruments, blah,
Krystian Zimerman’s first solo release in years showcases both the pianist’s painstaking workmanship and his micromanaging tendencies. The micromanager prevails in the B-flat sonata, particularly
There’s nothing remotely “Impromptu” about Tzimon Barto’s Schubert Impromptus, where nearly every phrase is vulgarly over-articulated, over-stressed, dynamically exaggerated, and underlined in multi-colored ink, as
Unlike his massive orchestral tone poems, most of Josef Suk’s piano music is smaller in scale and often elegiac in nature. Yet it also is
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Marais: Pièces de Viole. François Joubert-Caillet (bass viol), Achéron (bass viols, guitar, theorbo, harp, harpsichord). Ricercar (20 CDs)
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Review: Yunchan Lim's Goldbergs--Been There, Heard That
Bach: Goldberg Variations. Yunchan Lim (piano) Decca
Note: In the video I give an example of the first canon (at the unison) which I call the "first variation." I know, I said one thing and sang the other.
This year’s Tanglewood on Parade, a much-anticipated tradition that dates to 1940, will celebrate the life and legacy
April 24, 2024—GRAMMY®-winning production house PARMA Recordings announced today its acquisition of Albany Records. The classical label is
Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada—The Festival of the Sound is celebrating big this summer with an incredible line-up of
