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William Boyce’s eight Op. 2 symphonies have been fairly well treated on disc–versions by Pinnock (Archiv), Marriner (Capriccio), Boughton (Nimbus), and Ronald Thomas (CRD) have
These works are so familiar–and so frequently successfully recorded–that a reviewer can almost admire the record buyer who already owns one or two versions (say,
If it weren’t for the two other complete (and one cut to ribbons, hardly historically informed, but worthy) and quite superb recordings of this juicy,
Sammartini is an important composer in the history of the symphony, but that doesn’t mean that he wrote important symphonies. These brief, pleasant works, all
Charming, functional, well-crafted, tuneful–all of these describe the music in the seven cantatas performed on this fine recording. Of course, Dietrich Buxtehude is best known
This is the 1754 revision of Rameau’s 1737 masterpiece. The earlier version was coolly received as a result of the Lulliste-Ramiste battles that were waged
So, the debate over how many singers and players to a part in Bach’s cantatas lives on. This time, it’s another vote for the Joshua
