
Themed Christmas programs such as this are common–and often unimpressive, unexceptional. Of course they’re common because it’s very easy to program a concert consisting of
Could any composer write a more joyful overture (sinfonia)–whenever, as often as he wanted? Just listen to the first few seconds of the “sinfonia” movements
There probably are snazzier titles for a CD featuring one of the world’s most exciting countertenors and rare sacred repertoire by both big names (Buxtehude,
Christina Pluhar, whom a Spiegel magazine article once dubbed “The Domina of Early Music”, has made a name for herself with funky and very contemporary
I’m reluctant to play into something that may be a stereotype, but–brass players just always seem to be having so much fun! Somewhere very close
The 500th anniversary of the generally agreed beginning of the
In 2013 a 55-CD collection from Archiv Produktion surveyed the
There are some of Bach’s finest choral movements among the five cantatas featured on these two CDs, works intended for the second and third Sundays
This recording celebrates German Baroque vocal works that (with one notable exception) were inspired by or directly derived from the Biblical texts known today as
While there have been a number of fine recordings of Heinrich Schütz’s earlier Op. 6 (1629) and Op. 10 (1647) Symphoniae Sacrae cycles, his Op.