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While not perhaps among Handel’s finest choral works, these anthems nevertheless show the composer’s abundant skill with texts, dramatic flair, and abiding awareness of occasion,
Volume 2 of pianist Giorgio Koukl’s complete Martinu cycle begins with the three books of Puppets, composed between 1912 and 1924. These charming miniatures aim
Peter Donohoe and Martin Roscoe take to Rachmaninov like ducks to water. They luxuriate in his opulent keyboard idiom and even evoke the composer’s own
With characters named Wrestling Bradford, Praise-God Tewke (and his daughter, Plentiful), Lady Marigold Sandys, Sir Gower Lackland, Faith-Not Tinker, and Peregrine Brodrib we are obviously
Of the four available recordings of this great opera–Rossini’s last comedy–this is the weakest but is not entirely dismissible. It has charm, life, and energy
Solid performances and sonic excellence place the Vermeer Quartet’s Bartók Quartets near the top among budget-priced recommendations. At times, you might take issue with first
These two violin concertos comprise some of the finest music for violin and orchestra written in the 20th century. They are very different: the First
Ciro in Babilonia was Rossini’s first opera seria. Actually, it was performed during Lent, 1812, and the just-20-year-old composer had to call it a “dramma
After excellent accounts for Naxos of Tchaikovsky’s First and Third piano concertos, Konstantin Scherbakov and Dmitry Yablonsky offer an even finer sequel. Indeed, this performance
There’s a contradiction at the heart of collecting historical recordings. However much they pretend that the sonic limitations of early or pre-LP sources often matter
