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Vivaldi composed these concertos specifically for the Dresden Hofkapelle, whose 40-plus players made it one of the largest orchestras at the time (circa 1719). It
Vivaldi’s violin concertos are either uniformly interesting or uniformly dull, depending on your taste, but one thing’s for sure: they aren’t uniform. Just compare the
Why, oh why, do we need yet another recording of The Four Seasons? It would be one thing if there were anything interesting about this
Leonid Kogan was one of several Soviet artists who burst upon the Western classical music scene in the mid-1950s, astonishing all with their incredible technique
Sounds cute, right? Why not couple Vivaldi’s and Piazzolla’s Four Seasons together on one CD? Fair enough. Trouble is, it’s been done, way back in
Another major discovery in the early music field courtesy of legendary producer Wolf Erichson, the Venice Baroque Orchestra and violinist Giuliano Carmignola turn in a
You may have noticed that two composers are named for this opera. As we know, opera librettos frequently were set to music by more than
No matter how much Barthold Kuijken pleads with the listener in his liner note epilogue to approach these flute concertos with an “unprejudiced attitude,” one
Hermann Scherchen was unique among conductors of his generation (he was born in 1891) for being a triple-threat. His conducting of standard repertoire often was
What better combination of performers could you ask for than the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, and conductor Tõnu Kaljuste, for just about
