
The Bottom Line: This dreadful new version of Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis takes an excellent chorus, four fine soloists, and an over-parted Freiburger Barockorchester and places
One of René Jacobs’ more recent opera projects on Harmonia
Now here is music that easily can benefit (as can
Well, nobody can accuse René Jacobs of following the status quo. Here, in this new recording, he treats Entführung not just as a Singspiel, but
Saul is one of Handel’s largest oratorios; its rich orchestration
This was Handel’s first opera for London, and it took
This strange opera, from Mozart’s 18th year, is a comedy in which the plot turns on an attempted murder a year before the action begins,
Here we have the final installment in the René Jacobs-led
Much like his Cosi fan tutte of a couple of
This is simply one of the great Christmas Oratorio recordings,