Dec 28, 2006
Collegium Vocale, Ghent record Bach Masses with Philippe Herreweghe, Virgin Veritas (p) 1990 There is a lot of mystery around Bach's…
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Dec 28, 2006
Dan Laurin and the Bach Collegium Japan record Vivaldi, BIS CD-865. When I picked up this CD in Ann Arbor at Schoolkids Records some time…
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Dec 22, 2006
Europa Galante record early-Italian string music. While the Italians had the solo sonata, I believe, perhaps the Austrian-Germans had the…
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Dec 15, 2006
The Rare Fruits Council under Manfredo Kraemer perform baroque violin sonatas on Astrée.
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The Chamber Music Society of Central Virginia presented a concert on December 12, 2006 at the Second Presbyterian Church, Richmond. Performers included Amanda Balestrieri, James Wilson, Carsten Schmidt, Mary Boodell, and Theresa Salomon on original instruments.
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AAM/Manze on Harmonia Mundi This release from the Academy of Ancient Music can during a ripe relationship between violinist Manze…
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Dec 7, 2006
I love this album! It was my second with Dave Holland leading his own group. Since then, I have picked up most of the rest of their work.
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Dec 4, 2006
Simon Preston plays historic organs with Pinnock's English Concert on Handel's Op. 4 Organ Concertos. This is an oldie for me...
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Nov 28, 2006
Monica Huggett, violin performs the Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin, BWV 1001-1006, (p) 1997 Virgin Veritas For many years we only had…
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Nov 28, 2006
I feel old, having seen two generations of the AAM record the harpsichord concerti of Bach, and too the violin concerti.
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Nov 28, 2006
Pavana: the Virgin Harpsichord; (p) 2001 Astree; Skip Sempé, Olivier Fortin, and Pierre Hantaï.
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Nov 27, 2006
Chiara Banchini, Enrico Gatti, and Roel Dieltiens perform concertos by Giuseppe Tartini. Tartini was a composer of the late Italian baroque.
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Nov 27, 2006
Zefiro performs wind concertos by Antonio Vivaldi, (p) 2000 Naive-Auvidis. I first reviewed this recording in September, 2003.
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On Tuesday evening, November 7, 2006, I watched as Musica Antiqua Köln took the stage for one of their final concerts in Los Angeles at the…
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On March 18, 2002, I attended a concert put-on by Chanticleer in Richmond, VA. This evening I had the opportunity to hear the all-male vocal ensemble Chanticleer perform at the University of Richmond.
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Nov 26, 2006
Yes, an odd mix, and this is not like Swingle Singers Bach or Jacques Loussier piano jazz, either.
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Nov 26, 2006
A review of a recording on Virgin Veritas of Biber's "Mystery Sonatas" of the Rosary for violin and continuo by John Holloway, violin, and Tragicomedia. What I wrote about in 2003 still holds true now. The recording better captures an acoustic rather than the performers. I suppose if I close my eyes, and imagine myself in a cathedral, or some space larger than my small office where I listen now, I can "be there." But still lost is the detail that a closer recording would have warranted.
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Nov 25, 2006
John reviews a recent release by the English Concert of CPE Bach Symphonies, and a cello concerto featuring Alison McGillvray.
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