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It’s not easy any more to come up with an original idea for a Christmas recording; traditional carols, chants, major works, and theme-oriented programs have
Of their type, these are mostly very good performances. Rachel Podger draws a generally sweet tone from her instrument despite the gut strings and period
There’s no question that Pieter Wispelwey delivers an exceptional performance of Prokofiev’s strange and occasionally awkward Sinfonia concertante. The work’s odd structure–two andantes enclosing a
If you have room in your collection for only a single solo harp recital, then let it be this disc. It features magnificent performances of
The unpredictable Dejan Lazic is at it again. His clipped phrasings, capricious agogic shifts, and pokey accents turn Schumann’s Papillons into iron butterflies. For example,
When orchestral musicians miss a note or botch an entrance, it’s called a “mistake”. When conductors screw up, it’s called (as likely as not) “interpretation”.
Sometimes you come across a performance that may not be exactly to your taste, but is nonetheless so persuasive of its type that it disarms
If I read one more silly booklet note on the unique suitability of period instruments to music of the classical period, I swear I’m going
This is an amazing disc in every respect. The Amsterdam Sinfonietta plays with such incredible unanimity of ensemble, but at the same time with such
This recording celebrates German Baroque vocal works that (with one notable exception) were inspired by or directly derived from the Biblical texts known today as
