
More bargain-bin Mozart on Royal Long Players, this time mundane and instantly forgettable accounts of several of his best-known choral works. This may possibly suit
Royal Long Players is the new reissue series from Dutch label Disky Communications. So far, it’s got off to a pretty shaky start, with some
Disky’s budget Royal Long Players series normally touts back burner stuff–outdated performances of questionable artistic merit–but if you’re after ‘Grieg’s Greatest Hits’ and not troubled
Corelli didn’t write much, but these ground-breaking Opus 6 concertos more than compensated for any statistical lack. It’s a pity, however, that quality is never
Originally recorded during the early 1970s for the now-defunct Intercord Classics label, these accounts of concertos from Vivaldi’s Op. 3 set (“L’Estro Armonico”) can be
Vladimir Spivakov is rarely convincing as a Mozartian. Compare his flighty, over-indulgent, insipid accounts of Concertos 1, 2, and 3 with the lordly and eloquent
Here’s another mixed bag from the Disky Communications reissue label, Royal Long Players, entitled “Great Violin Concertos”. That much, at least, is true; the same