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This latest release is much better than some of Thomas Fey’s middle-period Haydn symphonies, but still hardly ideal. In the outer movements, finales especially, speed
This German radio recital, recorded in the SWR studios on June 3, 1959, captures the young Friedrich Gulda on fine form. The Bach Capriccio stands
Haydn’s Mass in Time of War is known in Germany as the Paukenmesse (Timpani Mass), owing to Haydn’s extraordinarily ominous use of solo drums in
The general impression this disc makes is, well, strange. There’s no question that the Leipzig Quartet plays very well, but there’s a pervasive flaccidity in
Although Sviatoslav Richter’s June 11, 1967 Royal Festival Hall recital has not previously been released commercially, none of the repertoire is new to the pianist’s
If you’ve been collecting this series you won’t need any recommendation from me; if you haven’t been, you ought to start. Once again Jean-Efflam Bavouzet’s
This is a wonderful coupling. Usually the two Op. 77 quartets appear only with the two movements of the incomplete Op. 103; here we also
Young Canadian soprano Jane Archibald has an international career; the highlight so far has been a Zerbinetta in Berlin that apparently left audiences and critics
These performances, taken from Naxos’ complete Haydn Mass edition (on balance the finest set available), are well-nigh ideal. Two quibbles: the male soloists aren’t quite
This recording, the last entry in Naxos’ excellent traversal of Haydn’s Masses with New York’s Trinity Choir and Rebel Baroque Orchestra, already has received just
