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Of their type, these are mostly very good performances. Rachel Podger draws a generally sweet tone from her instrument despite the gut strings and period
This is basically the same performance as one already released on a sonically superior Alia Vox CD, and it’s wonderful, orchestrally speaking. Le Concert des
Next to his horrifically mannered Rameau and Ravel releases, Tzimon Barto’s Haydn comes off comparably normal, although bad taste still prevails in this excellently engineered
This is easily the finest set of the Op. 33 quartets available. I can’t possibly discuss all of the wonderful things that the Auryn Quartet
René Jacobs gave us a recording of The Seasons that was absolutely stunning. This version of The Creation also has some very fine moments. First,
Haydn’s Op. 33 string quartets have not been as well served on disc as has the Op. 20 set. The reasons are obvious: Op. 20
There’s a lot to be said for the Buchberger Quartet’s exciting, forceful style. The outer movements, say, of Op. 54 No. 1 have tremendous propulsion
Recordings of arias by Haydn are scarce compared to, say, those by Mozart, and so this release is almost self-recommending; luckily, it’s also very good.
That these acid-toned, inexpressive, unidiomatic performances could ever have come to be associated with “authentic” performance practice is a sad statement about how disconnected, pedantic,
For English-speaking listeners, and I suspect Germans as well, this set is problematic. Die Feuerbrunst is a “Hanswurst” comedy, sort of the German version of
