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Willens; Michael Alexander
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Fine Haffner Serenade, but the Musical Joke Falls Flat
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,…
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Brautigam’s Mendelssohn: Live by the Sword, Die by the Sword
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…
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Major Discoveries: Kalliwoda’s Overtures and Concertinos
The Kölner Akademie under Michael Alexander Willens recorded a disc […] To access this content you must login to your Insider account, or purchase a…
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Major Discoveries: Neukomm’s Haydnesque Sequels
Sigismund Neukomm (b. 1778) is best known today as a […] To access this content you must login to your Insider account, or purchase a…
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Mozart: Piano concertos Nos. 24 & 25?Brautigam SACD
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…
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Mozart: Piano concertos Nos. 9 & 12/Brautigam SACD
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…
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Kalliwoda: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 4/Willens
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…
