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Among the selling points Richard Egarr pitches on behalf of his Bach Goldberg Variations recording are the use of a tuning system notated by the
Wilhelm Kempff’s youthful experience as an organist informs every measure of his Bach transcriptions in their linear clarity and registral sensitivity. We can readily perceive
Hamish Milne is a seasoned hand in the realm of Romantic piano rarities, and therefore is a perfect candidate for Hyperion’s ongoing Bach transcription survey.
Martin Pearlman does particularly well here by Vivaldi’s Gloria, which is lively and thoroughly enjoyable. The two sopranos, Tamara Matthews and Deanne Meek, both here
This is a very good St. Matthew Passion, with especially solid chorus and orchestral work and excellent sound. Of course, in a work such as
Recorded June 9, 1950 at the International Bach Festival in Vienna, Herbert von Karajan’s live St. Matthew Passion receives its 14th CD incarnation here. Or
Considering his reputation as a pianist’s pianist, John Browning (1933-2003) made surprisingly few solo recordings. The first in a series of four discs devoted to
Truls Mørk’s unaccompanied Bach playing has a lightness and agility that seems to downsize his cello to violin dimensions. No rough edges tarnish his bow
Alexandre Tharaud is a remarkable pianist who has assembled a far-from-conventional program of Bach transcriptions based on Italian concertos, all of which serve to frame
If you desire Bach’s keyboard transcriptions of Vivaldi concertos gathered together in one release, then organist Elena Barshai definitely fills a niche. In addition to
