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During his lifetime Michael Haydn (1737-1806) was as highly regarded as his brother Joseph. Mozart knew and praised his works and as a student even
Disappointment has become a consistent feature of this ambitious but ultimately ill-advised Bach cantata series from John Eliot Gardiner and his Monteverdi Choir. This latest
Here is another fine recording of Telemann’s magnificent Thunder Ode, a work inspired by the catastrophic earthquake that destroyed Lisbon in 1755. It is coupled
Telemann composed his 72 cantatas that comprise the Harmonishcher Gottesdienst with both the amateur and professional musician in mind. The short three-part works are easy
Previously issued on Preiser, Music & Arts issues this 1942 Götterdämmerung in comparable sound, but at less cost to the consumer (four discs for the
This oratorio is one of Telemann’s later works and one of the most Handelian. It is less ornate and daring than the Thunder Ode (also
In presenting four of Bach’s early cantatas–three of which were composed in the “pre-Weimar” years when Bach was in his early 20s–this disc makes it
This special edition made by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in collaboration with WFMT radio gathers together live recordings from 1950 to 1985, including two vocal
Fall and Resurrection is an oratorio-type work in which John Tavener “tries to encompass….the events which have take place since the beginning of time, and
This is the best CD so far in Michail Jurowski’s ongoing Shostakovich series for Capriccio. The Execution of Stepan Razin is a dramatic, dynamic cantata
