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Several years ago, Quatuor Turner taped a wildly unconventional and thrilling survey of Beethoven’s Op. 18 quartets as its debut release on Harmonia Mundi’s Les
Dvorák’s last two quartets are among the finest works of the genre, and the best performances accord them due dedication and seriousness of purpose as
Most Western listeners will relate to the music on this CD through associations with Middle Eastern and Mediterranean folk and religious singing and the instruments
Rameau had the somewhat dubious fortune (in his own time, at least) to be such a powerful creative personality in the field of orchestral music
This is essentially a hit and miss affair. In Il penseroso, Frederic Chiu focuses his attention on the dotted rhythm motive in the right hand
Jordi Savall and Ton Koopman recorded these sonatas years ago, a disc that is happily still in the catalog (Virgin Veritas). Only their recent retake
We have to wonder why the three sonatas for viola da gamba and harpsichord by Bach–neither major nor even entirely original works–have received the luxury
Forget the disc’s subtitle–“drinking songs of the Renaissance”–put away the liner-note translations, sit back, and just enjoy this thoroughly entertaining collection of what in reality
A Sonic Spectacular, proclaims a sticker on the shrink-wrap. Well, not exactly. What we have here is a fine disc of Elgar miniatures, sweetly and
This is a “Musique d’Abord” reissue of a highly unusual recording originally issued in 1976. Putting aside completely the Jewish cantorial tradition and its assumptions
