
The only reason to offer yet another recording of Vivaldi’s well-worn if obsessively adored Gloria is if you’re including it of necessity in a collection
Although Jan Zelenka didn’t get the “big” job in Dresden following the death of Kapellmeister Johann David Heinichen in 1729, his duties around the Saxon
A few months ago I reviewed a different performance of La Senna; for a brief, general discussion of it, please type Q5152 in Search Reviews
Handel’s The Choice of Hercules is a one-act allegorical drama in three scenes, presented in the style of a cantata. The invention of this rather
File this one under “event”. This is nothing less than an attempt to reconstruct and present–in as much splendor as can be mustered on a
This recording vividly demonstrates the absurd pedantry sometimes found in the authentic performance movement. Joseph Haydn wrote his Trumpet Concerto in 1796 to premiere Weidinger’s