
So it begins. The reason most projected Haydn symphony cycles, whether complete or not, start with a bang and then end with a whimper is
Having roundly trashed the previous volume in this series, containing an absolutely vile account of the “Farewell” Symphony, among other disappointments, I’m pleased to report
This disc is so bad that I’m reviewing it twice,
The programming is wonderful: three symphonies, one overture, and Haydn’s
This is the second release in the Basel-based Joseph Haydn Stiftung Foundation’s collaboration with Alpha in recording all of Haydn’s 107 symphonies, to be completed
This release has a lot going for it. First, there
This CD begins with a bravura aria from Handel’s La Resurrezione that is lit into with such mania that you could imagine flames bursting from
This 11-disc set from the Italian chamber ensemble Il Giardino
When this recording was first issued in 1994 it was
This was Vivaldi’s first opera; it appeared in 1713. (He wrote 93 others.) There are now four available recordings: this one; one on Brilliant Classics