Countertenor Jakub Józef Orliński in an album which examines the male lover in the Baroque era. He is accompanied by Il Pomo D’oro and Maxim Emelyanychev.
Tag: Period Instruments
Year in Review – The Top 10 Most Popular Classical Music Reviews of 2019
For our last post in 2019, we went back and checked our statistics, finding out which reviews were most popular this year.
Review: Beethoven – "Leonore" – René Jacobs
In his new release of “Leonore”, René Jacobs perform the early version of Beethoven’s opera, “Fidelio”, with soloists and the Freiburger Barockorchester.
Review: Bach – Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin – Thomas Zehetmair
In this new survey for ECM, Thomas Zehetmair returns to the complete Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin, this time on period instruments (2019).
Review: Bach – Violin Concertos – Debretzeni, Gardiner
Kati Debretzeni, the English Baroque Soloists and John Eliot Gardiner presents Bach’s two Violin Concertos, together with two Keyboard Concertos transcriptions.
Review: Handel – Messiah – Jordi Savall
Jordi Savall is joined by Capella Reial de Catalunya and Concert des Nations and soloists Rachel Redmond, Damien Guillon, Nicholas Mulroy and Matthias Winckhler.
Review: Bach – Overtures (Orchestral Suites) – Concerto Italiano, Alessandrini
Rinaldo Alessandrini and Concerto Italiano perform the 4 “Overtures” (Orchestral Suites) by Bach and other siblings.
Review: Purcell – King Arthur – Gabrieli Consort & Players – Paul McCreesh
Paul McCreesh conducts the Gabrieli Consort & Players in Purcell dramatic opera.
Review: Beethoven – Complete Piano Concertos – Brautigam (2019)
This is Ronald Brautigam’s second recording of Beethoven’s Piano Concertos cycle, this time on period instruments with Die Kölner Akademie under Michael Alexander Willens.
Review: Handel – Brockes Passion – AAM, Richard Egarr
A new recording of Handel’s rarely performed passion, to mark the 300th anniversary of the first known performance.