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No doubt, because of the conductor and esteemed performers involved, this new Messiah, recorded live in Vienna’s Musikvereinsaal in December 2004, will receive a high
The image of monks on steroids may be a bit much for some to entertain, but for listeners used to most modern interpretations of what’s
This recording is of Wagner’s first version of Dutchman, the version that was finished in Paris in 1841 in which the action is set in
First performed in 1729 and quickly forgotten, Lotario is a worthy work with plenty of effective arias and a duet, with characters and intrigues that
Even Mozart’s earliest symphonies, slight as they are, contain plenty of charming music. The largest of the works here, K. 43 in F, reveals the
What do you do when you want to perform 1000-year-old songs but have absolutely no idea what they sounded like, or even exactly how to
I am not ordinarily a fan of the viola da gamba, particularly its lower register, which easily comes to sound like a dying cow. The
What could have been just a gimmick turns out to be more interesting. The Genz brothers are both in their early 30s; Stephan is a
Nikolaus Harnoncourt’s first recording of The Creation was a dud, and so is this remake. It’s odd, because you would expect him to be right
