
Among recommendable versions of the Brahms Piano Quartets, these 1996 recordings continue to wear well. Their high points are many, starting with the G minor’s
Given the high critical profile and large sales of Brilliant Classics’ complete Mozart edition, the label wasted no time downsizing its 2000 complete Bach set
My colleague Jed Distler has already praised this set to the skies in its previous budget-priced EMI incarnation (type Q704 in the search box for
After his incandescent Verdi Requiem (also recorded for EMI with some of the same forces), Carlo Maria Giulini’s Beethoven Missa solemnis largely disappoints. The passion
There’s a very deliberate, highly refined, and consistently executed point of view in the performances and interpretations presented in this collection of Masses by six
Arcangelo Corelli’s final work, his Op. 6 set of 12 concerti grossi, is undeniably one of the greatest Baroque masterpieces. There have been many fine
Recorded live in Corsica in December, 2004, this eccentric performance occasionally has fine moments but ultimately has too much going against it. The instrumentalists are
If you desire Bach’s keyboard transcriptions of Vivaldi concertos gathered together in one release, then organist Elena Barshai definitely fills a niche. In addition to
These decidedly ho-hum performances were recorded back in 1997 by a soloist who has done some splendid things in the Baroque repertoire. Here, on modern
Theodore Kuchar leads what is without question the most exciting complete Nielsen symphony cycle available, making this the set to get for Nielsen newcomers. He