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What a collection! As a natural adjunct to his exploration of the nether-regions of 19th century Romantic opera with his wife, Joan Sutherland, Richard Bonynge
ASV’s Vivaldi Bassoon Concerto cycle occupied five individual full-price releases, now bundled together in a specially priced boxed set. It’s safe to say that these
A Sonic Spectacular, proclaims a sticker on the shrink-wrap. Well, not exactly. What we have here is a fine disc of Elgar miniatures, sweetly and
These recordings of Mozart’s concertos for flute and orchestra, and the concerto for flute and harp, were made exactly a decade apart. In the flute
This unusual disc offers a high degree of listening satisfaction. That much given, this isn’t a recording for the Baroque purist–only one of the six
Vladimir Spivakov is rarely convincing as a Mozartian. Compare his flighty, over-indulgent, insipid accounts of Concertos 1, 2, and 3 with the lordly and eloquent
One famous American violinist described Yehudi Menuhin’s playing to me as an example of “mind over reality.” This sadly applies to this 1963 Bach E
This is a wonderful work, more like an opera than an oratorio (which it is called) with its fine psychological portrait of Saul, the egocentric
When these recordings first came out, far in advance of the period instrument revolution, they were revelations. Though modern instruments were used, there was an
One wonders if Clifford Curzon ever played Mozart’s last concerto to his own satisfaction. He recorded the work three times, but rejected each version for
