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The coupling is certainly a hodgepodge, and the Vivaldi, Weber, and Wieniawski pieces may be fluff, if well performed fluff. No, the value of this
The baryton is basically a turbo-charged, cello-sized member of the gamba family with lots of extra strings that vibrate sympathetically when the instrument is played
Jordi Savall’s recording of the instrumental (original) version of Haydn’s Seven Last Words of the Savior on the Cross has been the best around since
This release contains some of the greatest cello playing ever captured by a recording device. If Pablo Casals gave the cello prominence as a solo
At last, a first rate recording of song repertoire from Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven, three composers who are rarely even acknowledged for their contributions to
What a shame that these middle period symphonies are often passed over in favor of either earlier or later ones, for these are mature and
Joseph Holbrooke’s Piano Concerto No. 1, subtitled “The Song of Gwyn ap Nudd”, is trash. Its fundamental problem is existential: there’s no reason why this
Haydn’s piano music remains terra incognita among many pianists and music lovers, despite the fact that his achievement for keyboard solo is both more voluminous
With such a popular and relatively well-represented work (keeping in mind that Haydn generally has been horribly treated by record companies), some comparisons are in
Mstislav Rostropovich’s finest recording of the First Cello Concerto remains the one he made with Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra in the composer’s presence.
