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This disc is another volley in Europa Galante’s ongoing effort to convince the sometimes-dubious listening public that Boccherini’s music truly is worth lingering over. And
Despite its brevity, Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas holds many charms for audience and performers alike, so it’s no wonder that there has recently been something
As a Ravel interpreter, Anne Queffélec cultivates the brilliantly articulated, finger-oriented style we often associate with the French school of pianism. Her bright projection and
This is a thrilling disc. Each of the four motets is scored for soprano and strings, and a glance at the texts gives you some
Serse is a great opera, filled with terrific arias and a followable plot. There’s plenty of room for in-love pain and anguish from Romilda and
Denyce Graves has to be taken as a complete package: she’s an attractive woman who impresses on stage, and she’s an intelligent artist with a
Natalie Dessay’s vocal crisis–she was operated on for nodes on her vocal cords three years ago–is clearly over. The voice has ripened somewhat, but don’t
After the failure of Deidamia in 1741, Handel turned exclusively–and successfully–to the composition of oratorios. And while it’s true that tastes in England had changed
Virgin Classics’ 2004 copyright date and latter-day jacket photo of Piotr Anderszewski are deceiving. It’s only when you break the shrink-wrap and read the booklet
Although he writes music in a very different style today, Arvo Pärt was right not to repudiate these early works, difficult though some of them
