Last autumn Britain’s musical life was abuzz with excitement: courtesy of the BBC, the first performance of John Foulds’s A World Requiem since 1926 was going...
For the fans of the supremely melodic light music of Eric Coates, this album is a treasure trove because it comprises music that is seldom recorded....
Here’s a valiant notion carried off with aplomb—singing and soaring against rhythmic point—to be nearly undone by a cavernous venue and poor balance. Despite closer capture,...
This new EMI production gathers together several Schubert recordings by Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes from different times, different venues, and different configurations, mostly pairings of...
Imelda de’Lambertazzi immediately precedes Anna Bolena in the long line of Donizetti operas, and the two works could not be more different. The latter was an...
When liner-note writers explain away a composer’s obscurity by citing personal reticence—an artist’s disinclination to sell himself—I take it with a grain of salt. (European note-writers...
This is a recording of very high worth by a conductor of genius. Theodore Kuchar, former viola-player of the Cleveland Orchestra and a fervently committed chamber...
For under $6 per disc, you can acquire this six-CD boxed set of “Selected Masterpieces” by Hummel. The twofold question of who selected them and who...
Luzzascho Luzzaschi (1547–1607) came into prominence with a recording titled “Concerto delle Dame di Ferrara,” or Ensemble of the Ladies of Ferrara (9:1; CD in 9:2...
Simone Kermes, Archiv’s razzle-dazzle Baroque soprano of choice, is herewith given a chance to shine in a number of secular operatic arias by the red priest....
