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There may have been better played performances of Pacific 231 (Zinman’s recent Decca recording, for example), but Jean Martinon’s typically clear, expertly balanced effort reveals
Heinrich Schütz composed his Die Auferstehung unsres Herren Jesu Christi in the early 1620s. It takes the form of a compact oratorio following the events
Here’s an imaginative and effective recital of piano music inspired by Christmas images and all manner of bells. The program’s centerpiece is Liszt’s Weinachtsbaum cycle,
Most people think of St. Nicholas as a jolly old elf who brings presents to children on Christmas eve. But there was a real St.
Heinrich Schütz didn’t write a work titled Christmas Vespers, but the important Lutheran church celebrations of the feast of Christmas in late-17th century Dresden included
On January 16, 1770, as revolution was brewing in England’s North American colonies, “an extract from Mr. Handel’s Grand Oratorio, called the Messiah, consisting of
Bach’s Magnificat radiates spiritual joy and compositional daring, qualities Helmuth Rilling broaches but never quite embraces in his new recording of this popular work. This
This very personal, somewhat quirky reading of J.S. Bach’s Christmas Oratorio is the fastest on CD, and this approach sometimes works to the performance’s advantage
The Christmas season seems to have an inspirational effect on brass quintets and their record labels, and each year a few more programs of arrangements
The adoration of Mary the mother of Jesus has inspired untold numbers of poets and composers since the earliest days of the Christian church. And
