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This disc contains several of my favorite Bach cantatas, and some of his grandest choral and brass writing. The program also makes a perfect introduction
This new set of the “Wunderhorn” songs, played on period instruments, includes the “Urlicht” movement from the composer’s Second symphony and the final movement of
What’s a major label to do when it has an excellent ongoing relationship with a fine artist who specializes in one area of the repertoire
The volume was turned slightly higher than my normal listening level when I began playing this CD–and it was a happy coincidence. The room-filling brilliance
One of Bach’s more magnificent extended choruses graces the cantata BWV 12, and another less substantial but no less impressive one dominates BWV 38. These
You could spend many hours of listening and fill dozens of pages of text to expound the similarities, differences, felicities, inconsistencies, and relative merits of
Philippe Herrweghe’s “authentic” approach to the Bruckner Seventh is only marginally effective. Yes, the Champs-Élysées orchestra’s smaller forces and period instruments do bring enhanced clarity
Philippe Herreweghe’s spirited, stylish, vibrantly recorded Magnificat from 1990 is a welcome re-entry to the catalog (it also was included in a CD-Rom set with
Philippe Herreweghe’s new account of Schubert’s A-flat mass bears a striking resemblance to John Eliot Gardiner’s 1997 period version on Philips. That’s not Herreweghe’s fault,
Berlioz’s L’Enfance du Christ never will have the wide audience appeal of the best-known oratorio-style works, but it’s full of fine music for soloists and
