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Good as it is to have these long-out-of-print performances reissued for the first time, Vanguard does their potential audience a major disservice by including no
As the detailed liner notes by Bach scholar Christoph Wolff tell us, this collection “comprises the essential repertoire of the cantatas Bach composed for the
Many middle-aged and older listeners will welcome this premiere CD release of Felix Prohaska and the Vienna State Opera Chamber Orchestra’s 1956 mono recordings of
Mieczyslaw Horszowski was in his late-80s when he recorded Book I of Bach’s 48 Preludes and Fugues for Vanguard. His technique is remarkably solid and
The 1950 Prades Festival marked Pablo Casals’ return to performing after a self-imposed silence protesting international acceptance of Spain’s Franco government. If Casals wouldn’t return
This is an easy call. No less a figure than Donald Francis Tovey declared that from the performer’s standpoint The Art of Fugue is undeniably
Those who’ve heard Masaaki Suzuki’s patient, reflective journey through Bach’s Partitas will find similar traits in his recordings of the French Suites. At first the
Trevor Pinnock’s memorable 1970s/’80s solo Bach recordings for the Archiv label add up to a well-filled entry in Universal’s budget-priced Trio series. No substantial interpretive
Ottavio Dantone’s recording of Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier Book 2 is infinitely more satisfying than his Book 1. Certain performances, to be sure, retain mannerisms I
Here’s an attractive and stunningly played program of saxophone quartet music, ranging from baroque transcriptions to modern shades of blues. Proceeding in chronological order, the
