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Il Giardino Armonico is either the most exciting period-instrument band around, or they play like a bunch of pigs. The line between the two is
It’s difficult not to enjoy Paul Creston’s elegantly proportioned, rhythmically vital music. The three works recorded here belong to an obviously strong creative personality. Janus
This disc contains much delightful chamber music playing. Carnival of the Animals receives a bold, exciting reading in which the players really romp through this
Volume 7 of Profil’s Günter Wand Edition finds the conductor traveling far afield from his standard repertoire (Beethoven, Brahms, Schubert, and Bruckner). He’s mostly able
Nikolaj Znaider reminds me a bit of Viktoria Mullova, in that his abundant technique always is placed in the service of a sober, musicianly approach
This third disc in Naxos’ ongoing series devoted to George Frederick McKay (1899-1970) contains some excellent music. Fans of composers such as Vaughan Williams surely
Remarkably, Naxos now has two very good recordings of Britten’s still-too-rarely played Violin Concerto. The main reason for its rarity probably has to do with
Elgar’s Violin Concerto has a certain mystique about it independent of the knee-jerk obeisance it has received in the British press. It probably is the
The ensemble Café Zimmermann takes its name from Gottfried Zimmermann’s famed Leipzig coffee house, which became home to Telemann’s Collegium Musicum in 1723 (the ensemble
The late Oscar Shumsky’s reputation as a violinist’s violinist is thoroughly borne out in his 1988 Beethoven Concerto recording for ASV, now re-released by Sanctuary
