Contralto Nathalie Stutzmann features as both a soloist and conductor in works by Handel, Vivaldi, and Lotti, and a handful of world-premieres by other Baroque composers.
Tag: Baroque
Editor’s Choice: The Best New Classical Music Albums, February 2021
The choices of the best classical music albums we covered on The Classic Review the past month.
Review: Bach – “Soli Deo Gloria” – Cantatas 21,76 – Collegium Vocale Gent, Ricercar Consort, Pierlot
Philippe Pierlot conducts the Collegium Vocale Gent and the Ricercar Consort in Bach’s Cantatas BWV 21 and 76.
Review: Hammerschmidt – “Ach Jesus Stirbt” – Vox Luminis, Meunier
Vox Luminis and Lionel Meunier perform church music by Andreas Hammerschmidt (1611-1675).
Review: Monteverdi – il terzo libro de’ madrigali – Alessandrini
Rinaldo Alessandrini returns to Monteverdi with Concerto Italiano, 15 years after his last recording of the composer.
Editor’s Choice: The Best New Classical Music Albums, December 2020
The choices of the best classical music albums we covered on The Classic Review the past month.
Review: “London, Circa 1720, Corelli’s Legacy” – La Rêveuse
La Rêveuse examines Corelli’s legacy on London’s music scene in 1720, with works by Handel, Babell, Geminiani and Schickhardt.
Review: “La Vanità del Mondo” – Philippe Jaroussky, Artaserse
Countertenor Philippe Jaroussky performs Baroque Oratorio arias, with 7 world premiere recordings.
Review: “Portraits de la Folie” – Stéphanie d’Oustrac, Ensemble Amarillis, Gaillard
Mezzo-soprano Stéphanie d’Oustrac joins Ensemble Amarillis and Héloïse Gaillard in a program of baroque music.
Editor’s Choice: The Best New Classical Music Albums, November 2020
The choices of the best classical music albums we covered on The Classic Review the past month.
