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You would do better with Gardiner’s perfectly competent 1986 St. John Passion (Archiv) with these same choral/orchestral forces and an equally fine lineup of soloists
John Eliot Gardiner’s Brahms is the musical equivalent of a gluten-free diet. It will keep you alive if you’re deathly allergic to wheat, but if
Here’s one that almost slipped unnoticed among legitimate candidates for 2010 “best of the year” releases. Although recorded in 2004 and previously issued by Universal
Here is Carmen, at the Opéra-Comique, its original home, played on instruments of its time, led by John Eliot Gardiner. Appealing? Well, curious-making at least.
First, to dispel any confusion: Although this latest installment of John Eliot Gardiner’s “Bach Pilgrimage” series looks like a new release, it’s not. It is
There are some of Bach’s finest choral movements among the five cantatas featured on these two CDs, works intended for the second and third Sundays
It shouldn’t be surprising that the quality of performance and sound throughout John Eliot Gardiner’s ambitious year-long Bach “pilgrimage” varies from cantata to cantata and
Gardiner’s view of the Third Symphony is like a fan: it blows and sucks at the same time. His concern with historical precedent is evident
John Eliot Gardiner’s fresh take on Brahms’ Symphony No. 2 is only partially about performing forces. The Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique’s period-based proportions yield impressive
It’s really a bit hard to take seriously: the name of the orchestra (it’s French!, even if I Anglicize it here), the label (it’s Latin!),
