
This is an extremely full CD: more than eighty-five minutes’ worth of music. Aside from the Haffner Serenade, which lasts a good hour by itself,
There’s no need to spend much time on this release. One of the main premises behind the historically informed performance movement is that music of
The Kölner Akademie under Michael Alexander Willens recorded a disc
Sigismund Neukomm (b. 1778) is best known today as a
The cover of this CD, a lumberjack hacking at a huge log with an axe, is delightful. Replace the log with a twig, keep the
Ugly is as ugly sounds. Here is yet another barfalicious period instrument ensemble–amateur hour masquerading as scholarship. Brautigam is a fine artist, usually, but he’s
The rating reflects the interest of the repertoire more than the quality of the performances, which is merely adequate. Johann Kalliwoda was a tremendously interesting