
Often these major-label compilations brought out for Christmas-season consumption seem thrown together by someone in the marketing department who knows nothing about music, and even
No one recording of J.S. Bach’s six Brandenburg Concertos can possibly meet every demand throughout. I suppose that’s in itself an acknowledgement of the unique
What a strange, wondrous work this is! Dealing almost exclusively with emotions–paternal, filial, and romantic love, sacrifice, jealousy, hatred, spite–there is very little “action” per
The virtues of the English Concert in Vivaldi (indeed in more or less anything) are well known: stylish but urbane, technically and stylistically well-founded, and
With 19 symphonies spread across six CDs, this major reissue set of Trevor Pinnock’s performances (with The English Concert) of a substantial selection of Haydn’s
This double-disc package from Universal’s Panorama series combines serviceable performances of a number of key Handel works. It should have instant appeal to budget-minded collectors