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With this release the ensemble La Venexiana and its Glossa label present one of the finest recorded programs of Gesualdo madrigals in the catalog. Skeptical
Not to be confused with his better-remembered, prolific younger brother Giovanni Battista, Giuseppe Sammartini was equally renowned in his day, though more as an instrumentalist
Twenty years ago Wilbert Hazelzet first recorded J.S. Bach’s oeuvre for transverse flute as part of Musica Antiqua Köln’s ongoing Archiv cycle of Bach’s complete
After recently enjoying Francisco Corselli’s (Courcelle’s) rousing sinfonia to Il Farnace that Jordi Savall and Les Concert de Nations incorporated as an opening prelude to
In the pantheon of the French Baroque, there are Lully and Rameau, the two big-shots, and Mondonville and Boismortier, who were (and are) considered “popular”.
The three women that make up the early music ensemble Sinfonye tap into some of medieval France’s more lively and entertaining repertoire in this generously
Although near the end of his life Boccherini was living pretty wretchedly in Madrid–his music no longer in fashion, his fortunes gone–he still managed to
Marc-Antoine Charpentier’s Te Deum H. 146 has enjoyed a number of recordings by respected performers, from Neville Marriner’s heavily vegetated 1991 EMI version (with soloists
Gamba virtuoso Paolo Pandolfo previously showed his powerful affinity for Bach on a 1994 Harmonia Mundi recording of the Sonatas for viola da gamba and
It’s a rare treat to hear instrumental music of any era that’s invested with such tightly packed, colorfully expressive drama, portrayed with just enough instrumental
