

[This isn’t really a “review” but a recommendation–one of the highest distinction. To legitimately call something a “classic”, any work of art needs time, and

During a relatively long career in music, I’ve noticed that most people–listeners and performers–claim to prefer “happy” music to what they consider “sad” or “melancholy”.

Handel was fundamentally a theatrical composer, in the sense that

Emma Kirkby always has been an excellent Handel singer, from

The anticipation builds during the introduction to Emma Kirkby’s entrance

Rehearing these recordings, I am struck by the fact that

This extraordinary recording of Haydn’s The Creation may just be

As far as his church music is concerned, Johann Christian Bach, the youngest of Johann Sebastian’s surviving sons and often referred to as “the London

This release presents about 78 of the original 231 minutes contained on the 4-CD set that appeared on the Capriccio label in 1988. The original

Christopher Hogwood’s ongoing series of “Modern Classics” for Arte Nova presents enjoyable programs that make for very appealing listening taken as a whole. Here he
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