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On an earlier recording of William Boyce’s vocal music–his 1739 setting of the Ode for St. Cecilia’s Day (see reviews)–these same forces showed the 28-year-old
John Collett, William Smethergell, John Marsh, Thomas Erskine. Sometime during this disc’s 71 minutes you’ll wonder why you’ve never heard of these very fine 18th
In the late 1970s the artists-formerly-known-as the Lindsay Quartet recorded their first Beethoven cycle for ASV. Two decades later The Lindsays (same lineup but with
Why ASV felt the compelling need to issue a four-CD set of all of its house quartet’s Dvorák recordings is beyond me, except to say
Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov’s fame rests on a single work, actually a section of a single work, that being the brief Procession of the Sardar march from
Dalia Atlas leads respectable, thoroughly professional readings of the two Concerti grossi, though she never approaches the rhythmic kick and textural variety shown by the
The HIP-ster (historically informed practice) qualifications of these players are legion and well-documented–you’ll find the names of violinist/Sonnerie director Monica Huggett and her colleagues on
Sixteenth-century Italian composer Orazio Vecchi not only was a priest concerned with sacred music (he wrote a number of masses and motets and was responsible
A little Ravel, a few nods at Manuel de Falla, some stylized Baroque dances, and a whole lot of charm characterize this CD premiere of
The “Spanish Mozart”, Crisóstomo Jacobo Antonio de Arriaga, was born in Bilbao in January, 1806, exactly half a century after Mozart himself. He died at
