
Yes, three settings of the Magnificat by three Bachs. Not that there’s anything wrong with Johann Christian Bach (1735-1782), but he’s on a playing field
There’s a trajectory to worshiping Bach, namely that by the
Somehow Federico Colli’s penchant for affetuoso contrivance works better in Bach than in his impossibly mannered debut release devoted to Scarlatti. His brisk and joyful
What is it about Bach’s Cello Suites that makes them so eligible for transcription? Primarily because, on a mere four strings somehow attached to a
Ideology has done much to shape how we listen to baroque music. There was, for one, the one-voice-per-part coterie around Joshua Rifkin that insisted on
With its qualities of intelligent, impassioned conducting married to polished
This disc answers the musical question “Who wrote the most demented fugues of all time?” The 36 fugues encompassing Antonîn Reicha’s Op. 36 reveal the
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This, Rossini’s 34th, is his longest and last Italian opera. It is a behemoth–just under four hours of music, with a 10-minute overture, a 25-minute,
This volume completes Naxos’ very enjoyable four-disc set of the