
This beautiful, moving oratorio has been lucky on discs. Currently available are John Eliot Gardiner’s superb account on Philips and a performance on Naxos led
What a strange work–strange even for Rameau, who within the strictures of the French Baroque tends to surprise more often than any of his contemporaries.
Alert the media! Paul McCreesh has a “concept”: play it small, play it fast. That’s it. You don’t need to bother with the rationale discussed
Taking their cue from poet/composer Thomas Campion’s own avowed devotion to simplicity in his music, the performers on this delightful song recital strive for clarity
If you’re considering placing some solid foundation stones into your
Vaughan Williams’ “Falstaff” opera probably will never become a repertory staple owing to its relentlessly undramatic character. It has all of the local color that
Whew! This may not be the most perfectly sung Don Giovanni available, but hands down it’s the most exciting–more so than the Gardiner, which is
As part of John Eliot Gardiner’s audacious and now much scaled-back “Bach Pilgrimage” project–to perform and record during this anniversary year of the composer’s death,
The Lord Nelson Mass is one of the great masterpieces of the classical choral repertoire. It’s literally amazing how threatening Haydn manages to make such