
Here is a re-issue containing Helmuth Rilling’s recordings of Mendelssohn’s […]
Bach’s Christmas Oratorio not only contains some of his most inspired, exuberant music, but also features introspective arias that rival those in the cantatas and
As time goes on, Helmuth Rilling and the Bach-Collegium Stuttgart’s achievement only grows in stature, especially now that Teldec’s Bach Edition has vanished into Warner’s
Luigi Cherubini, a contemporary of Beethoven and Mozart and friend of Haydn, was Italian-born but spent most of his creative life in Paris. So, although
After his incandescent Verdi Requiem (also recorded for EMI with some of the same forces), Carlo Maria Giulini’s Beethoven Missa solemnis largely disappoints. The passion
No realistic listener will expect a collection this extensive–8 CDs covering 14 works, most of them major compositions and most offered in their entirety, recorded
Deus Passus is one quarter of the Passion Project 2000, which celebrated not only the turning of the millennium but also commemorated the 250th anniversary
Instead of Arleen Augér and the Requiem, the cover of this Sony Essential Classics disc should feature Judith Blegen and Exsultate, jubilate, for it’s this
Helmut Rilling’s Bach still has not received the acclaim it surely deserves, particularly from the critical community in English-speaking countries. The reasons are not hard
Arguably, Helmuth Rilling’s epic complete recording cycle of J.S. Bach’s sacred and secular cantatas for Hänssler would not have been nearly as auspicious had it