
Christopher Hogwood’s ongoing series of “Modern Classics” for Arte Nova presents enjoyable programs that make for very appealing listening taken as a whole. Here he
Conductor Christopher Hogwood is not a name you would normally associate with Aaron Copland and Samuel Barber. Yet this period-performance Handel/Mozart specialist turns in surprisingly
This is a significant disc, not just for its performance values or for the excellence of its sound engineering, but also for Robert Levin’s absorbing
This fine collection makes a wonderful tribute to the art of Arleen Auger as well as a useful way to collect some first-rate rare Haydn.
This lovely collection, recorded in 1988 and ’89, finds Emma Kirkby at her mature best. The voice is still silvery and smallish, but it has
Among the dozens of “other” composers active during the Viennese classical period was Franz Anton Hoffmeister (1754-1812), who also was an influential music publisher and
Christopher Hogwood really does have an affinity for Martinu’s busy, neo-Baroque music, letting it bustle and sing with unaffected charm and plenty of energy. The
This disc memorializes a single concert given on January 21, 1947, at which all three works received their premieres by the Basel Chamber Orchestra under
Among this new release’s many virtues, it’s one of the finest recordings ever to come from Supraphon, balancing the soloist perfectly and rendering the characteristically
Listening to this set reminded me of the story of the elderly Florida couple walking out of a restaurant after finishing the early-bird special, and