Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique

Gardiner’s Revolutionary Berlioz? Take The Good With The Ugly

Jens F. Laurson

Berlioz: “An acquired taste, but what a taste worth acquiring!” […]

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Brahms: Symphony No. 4/Gardiner

David Hurwitz

John Eliot Gardiner’s Brahms is the musical equivalent of a gluten-free diet. It will keep you alive if you’re deathly allergic to wheat, but if

Bizet: Carmen/Opera Comique, Gardiner

Robert Levine

Here is Carmen, at the Opéra-Comique, its original home, played on instruments of its time, led by John Eliot Gardiner. Appealing? Well, curious-making at least.

Brahms: Symphony No. 3; Choruses/Gardiner

David Hurwitz

Gardiner’s view of the Third Symphony is like a fan: it blows and sucks at the same time. His concern with historical precedent is evident

Brahms: Symphony No. 2/Gardiner

Victor Carr Jr

John Eliot Gardiner’s fresh take on Brahms’ Symphony No. 2 is only partially about performing forces. The Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique’s period-based proportions yield impressive

gardiner falstaff philips

Dan Davis

The Long March of period conductors through the later repertory continues, leaving a wrecked and devastated Romantic-era musical landscape. The latest victim is Verdi, the

Gardiner Berlioz Mass Philips C

David Hurwitz

The rediscovery of Berlioz’s Messe solennelle probably was the musicological highpoint of the second half of the 20th century, yet it excited curiously little fanfare