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As Concerto Italiano and its harpsichordist/director Rinaldo Alessandrini are gradually becoming the most recruited ensemble in Opus 111’s ambitious ongoing Vivaldi cycle, it apparently was
This collection of six motets–sacred but non-liturgical works for solo singer–are all constructed the same way: aria, recitative, aria, Alleluia, with strings-only accompaniment. Aside from
Jephte was Carissimi’s masterpiece–a highly inspired oratorio on par with Monteverdi’s renowned Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda, likewise loaded with dramatic scenarios and operatic
This work, a “serenata” (more than a cantata, less than an opera), may or may not have been written to commemorate the accession of Louis
This is the first complete recording of this opera. A somewhat abbreviated version was available on Nuova Era a while ago, nicely led by René
Vivaldi composed these concertos specifically for the Dresden Hofkapelle, whose 40-plus players made it one of the largest orchestras at the time (circa 1719). It
Given the academic cloak that tends to hang heavily on J.S. Bach’s unfinished masterpiece, it’s surprising how much attention The Art of Fugue receives from
Question: Where does a 900-pound gorilla sit? Answer: Anywhere he wants! Here’s a release that should be subtitled “Brahms versus King Kong”. Pianist Grigory Sokolov
Most listeners’ and performers’ experience with the Italian Baroque is primarily confined to the big names–Vivaldi, Corelli, Scarlatti, even Tartini–and only occasionally ventures into the
Here’s one of those wonderful yet dubious compilations that purport to tell us what “may” be historically correct but can in no way be proven–in
