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Documentary evidence clearly supports the assertion that Bach loved the oboe–and its brethren, the oboe d’amore and oboe da caccia–especially as a partner to the
Ah, yes–if you are old enough, as I am, to remember when there was no “authentic performance movement” (and you don’t really have to be
Except for the decidedly unportentous, dancing opening chorus (as opposed to Klemperer’s monumental rendition or Herreweghe’s more effectual balance of weight, texture, and tempo), this
Ordinarily an hour of unaccompanied oboe is a prescription for aural fatigue. However, Yeon-Hee Kwak’s multi-leveled mastery, exemplary musicianship, and intelligent program building command your
Rachel Barton Pine makes a very important point in the liner notes to this CD. After briefly explaining how she came to appreciate and study
Most modern discussions of Bach’s so-called Lutheran Masses bemoan the fact that scholars and Bach authorities have dismissed their intrinsic musical value because they are
The title of this set, A State of Wonder, probably would induce in Glenn Gould a state of hysterics, never mind that the name originates
Those who lament the austere, dispassionate, “scholarly” approach that more often than not informs today’s original-instrument performances of Bach cantatas will find much to rejoice
Centuries before Yehudi Menuhin and Ravi Shankar inaugurated the World Music “crossover” craze, none other than J.S. Bach encountered an anonymous Indian tabla virtuoso traveling
Hard on the heels of Gregory Fulkerson’s recent superb recording of these works for Bridge Records comes this equally fine but wholly different version by
