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Is there ever a wrong time to listen to the […]
The concerto grosso is a Baroque form in which the musical content is passed between a small group and a somewhat larger group, normally a
When was the last time you looked for/listened to/purchased a recording of solo-bass cantatas? Whether your answer is “last week” or “never”, when the soloist
This is one terrific disc, back in classy “Harmonia Mundi
You really want to love these performances. Kristian Bezuidenhout plays on a deliciously crisp reproduction of a period (1820s) piano, and his passagework really glitters.
That these acid-toned, inexpressive, unidiomatic performances could ever have come to be associated with “authentic” performance practice is a sad statement about how disconnected, pedantic,
Even the best labels have a bad day now and then, and this is one. The concept is nice, and the coupling is interesting, but
There is absolutely nothing here to criticize. The Freiburg Baroque Orchestra is one of the premier ensembles of its type, and it performs this music
Even those who have heard–and greatly admired–the singing of Sandrine Piau in any one (or more) of the recordings in which she sings relatively small
This enthusiastically played and splendidly engineered disc contains the world-premiere recording of W.F. Bach’s Flute Concerto in D, recently (re-)discovered in the Ukraine by noted
