
Now here’s an interesting marketing ploy: At the cusp of […]
Here is a re-issue containing Helmuth Rilling’s recordings of Mendelssohn’s
Bach’s Christmas Oratorio not only contains some of his most inspired, exuberant music, but also features introspective arias that rival those in the cantatas and
As time goes on, Helmuth Rilling and the Bach-Collegium Stuttgart’s achievement only grows in stature, especially now that Teldec’s Bach Edition has vanished into Warner’s
Luigi Cherubini, a contemporary of Beethoven and Mozart and friend of Haydn, was Italian-born but spent most of his creative life in Paris. So, although
You have to wonder what was behind the decision by the Oregon Bach Festival and Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart to commission Swedish composer Sven-David Sandström to
Sheer diversity of performing forces makes Britten’s War Requiem a challenge both for musicians and recording teams. Britten’s own 1963 world-premiere recording has not been
After his incandescent Verdi Requiem (also recorded for EMI with some of the same forces), Carlo Maria Giulini’s Beethoven Missa solemnis largely disappoints. The passion
No realistic listener will expect a collection this extensive–8 CDs covering 14 works, most of them major compositions and most offered in their entirety, recorded
Deus Passus is one quarter of the Passion Project 2000, which celebrated not only the turning of the millennium but also commemorated the 250th anniversary