
The 17th century was a golden age of Spanish culture, and the producers of this very fine recording attempt to illuminate some of its unfairly
Remember “fusion”? Remember “new age”? If you have any weakness for either of those formerly if marginally legit species of music, you’ll very likely find
One thing’s for certain: the sound of the organ used on this recording epitomizes the description “richly colored”. Built in 1699 by the king’s organ
Among the felicities of Purcell’s opera Dido and Aeneas are its lean, quick-paced drama, enjoyable music–including a desirable mix of choruses, dances, and arias–judicious scoring,
No matter how eloquently or sincerely the rationale reads–as it does in the liner notes to this CD–Bach’s Trio Sonatas just work and sound better
Although our modern perception of Baroque music centers around a handful of big names–Bach, Handel, Vivaldi, Telemann, Couperin, Rameau, Lully–there were dozens of other composers