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Once in while a recording comes along in which the performers, producers, and recording team get everything right. This is one of them. First issued
It shouldn’t be surprising that the quality of performance and sound throughout John Eliot Gardiner’s ambitious year-long Bach “pilgrimage” varies from cantata to cantata and
No performance of the Ninth with chamber forces has ever done it justice, and good as this is (or at least consistent as this cycle
This wonderful, witty (yes, “witty”) setting of the Mass has had some distinguished recordings, most of them, interestingly enough, from Germany. First there was the
If you’re a pushover for elegant packaging, you might as well skip the review and just order this new Christmas Oratorio without delay. The deep
Originally appearing as pieces for soprano and piano in 1946, Lutoslawski’s 20 Polish Christmas Carols were re-worked by the composer 40 years later and eventually
There’s a big difference between authenticity with respect to circumstance and being true to the work in question. This release offers a case in point.
Mannheim-trained Georg Joseph Vogler had great personality as a composer, though he’s best known today as the teacher of Weber and Meyerbeer. His Requiem was
Vladimir Ashkenazy’s late-1980s Beethoven Concerto cycle gains a new lease on catalog life via Arkivmusic.com’s on-demand reissue program. Although the pianist conducts from the keyboard,
What can you say except that Philippe Herreweghe and his Collegium Vocale Gent are the defining interpreters of Bach’s vocal and choral works for our
