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Wait. What’s that snare drum doing there? And is that a harp in “Comfort ye”? Brass and winds–lots of them–in the Sinfonia? (Someone forgot to
Rare are the conductors who do equally well by Elgar’s two symphonies. Edward Gardner is a case in point. His version of the Second Symphony
Ruth Gipps (1921-99) was a talented performing musician and educator. What she wasn’t was an especially interesting or original composer. The works here date from
As if not being familiar with Welsh soprano Ruby Hughes
It is an invariable rule that every self-respecting British label has to record the Elgar symphonies (and other stuff) every few years, just to try
This is the first complete recording of the revised, two-act
This is a clever and attractive coupling: music for solo(s) and orchestra, including voices, nicely diverse and organized so as to make an intriguing complete
Federico Colli’s affetuoso approach to Scarlatti frequently slips into mannerism,
This performance replaces the John Eliot Gardiner as my new No. 1 Acis. It’s easy to understand why this brief work was the composer’s most
Swedish composer Dag Wirén was the very model of what
