
This disc has everything a good viol program should have: rich, reedy, sonorous sound, abundant and lushly textured harmonies, and continuously engaging, inventive melody enhanced
Handel wrote his solo voice cantatas knowing that he had the most accomplished singers at his disposal, real virtuosos for whom no embellishment or high-speed
Conga-Line in Hell is one of those rare discs that not only makes thematic sense but also happens to be hugely enjoyable from beginning to
The recorded catalog of 18th-century English theatrical music is so Handel-heavy that it’s easy to get the impression that Georg Frederic was the only notable
When we last left Perceval (heard on La Nef’s earlier Dorian recording, Perceval, The Quest for the Grail Vol. 1–type Q383 in Search Reviews) he
The CD catalog is loaded with recordings of Palestrina’s masses and motets, but considering his relatively large, consistently high-quality output, it’s amazing that a handful
Early music enthusiasts will be right at home with the familiar sounds of vielle and medieval harp–and with the ardent, personal expressive styles of the
Yes, there’s really a musical point to the title of this CD: most of the works presented are about or contain references to the weirder
It’s way past time for performers and record companies to be taking a greater interest in choral music from 18th-century Spain, but better late than
For those who pay attention to and care about these things, this is the Robert Levin edition of Mozart’s beloved and nearly-recorded-to-its-own-death Requiem. How many