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Early music always has been a sort of premium, upper-class enterprise, exemplified by really expensive concerts and top-price recordings by groups such as Anonymous 4
The neglect of The Quest, William Walton’s only original ballet and one of his largest works altogether, makes no sense at all. A wartime work
I wish I could give this disc the highest rating for overall artistic quality, because the performance of Belshazzar’s Feast is simply spectacular, but unfortunately
As in his previous recording of Stokowski Bach transcriptions for Naxos, José Serebrier deploys an imaginative mix of the great man himself with other early
This new West Side Story, the first American-based recording to appear since DG’s star-studded 1985 composer-conducted version, blessedly avoids that earlier production’s operatic pretensions, returning
I was not in a Monteverdi mood; I haven’t been impressed with Italian vocal ensembles in recent years; and these madrigals never were among my
Three of Alan Hovhaness’ six symphonies for wind ensemble are included on this Naxos release. After hearing these, I’m eagerly waiting for the label to
Hovhaness has found a strong advocate in Gerard Schwarz, and about time too. This prolific and at times prolix composer’s music, with its expressively limited
The Bohemian cellist and pedagogue David Popper (1843-1913) wrote prolifically and quite effectively for his instrument. His magnum opus, the High School of Cello Playing
This performance, taped at the Donizetti shrine (Bergamo, his home town) in November and December 2007, is a musical disappointment. The unfussy, somewhat minimalist period
