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Hark, Hark! The Harp, In Maria Theresa’s Vienna

David Vernier

Mention the word “harp” and most people likely would picture the concert instrument most often seen on symphony orchestra stages. Large and powerful, and, due

A Fine Messiah From Václav Luks and Collegium 1704

Jens F. Laurson

To say that there is no dearth of recordings of

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Sigiswald Kuijken’s Zany Bach of Wonders Boxed

Jens F. Laurson

Sigiswald Kuijken’s La Petite Bande won’t win any beauty-prizes for

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Not First Rate Handel; Not First Rate Performance

Robert Levine

Handel’s 1748 oratorio, Joshua, has taken a back seat to Theodora, Samson, Saul, and Hercules, mostly because it simply is not as dramatic and the

$Gluck: Orfeo, 1762 version/Kuijken

Robert Levine

This was the first period-instrument recording of this opera. Presented in the 1762 version (for castrato) and recorded in 1982, it still stands up very

Couperin: Concerts Royaux/Kuijken

John Greene

Having participated in the unprecedented first complete recording of François Couperin’s chamber music nearly 30 years ago for SEON (now Sony), brothers Barthold and Wieland