
This disc has been on my “CD of the Week” or similar-such review-pile for as long as it’s been out–which is going on five years.
Oh no, Julia! I loved you so. Your Rossini CD was great–filled with flights of coloratura as well as darker, introspective moments. Your lovely Roseanne
Ludwig Meinardus, in collaboration with the poet Wilhelm Rossmann, began composing his oratorio Luther in Worms in 1871 to commemorate the 350th anniversary of Luther’s
Saul is one of Handel’s largest oratorios; its rich orchestration
One of the benefits of the current “catalog-dumping” trend from
The truth is, any of today’s upper-tier period-instrument orchestras worthy of the name can deliver excellent performances of Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos; and there are plenty
This set contains eight magnificent symphonies by a composer who,
Full disclosure: I have been crazy about Simone Kermes since the first time I laid ears on her, and went even wilder when I began
This 55-CD set chronicles the remarkable Archiv label, begun in
Much like his Cosi fan tutte of a couple of