There always seems to be two extreme approaches to Schubert’s “Death and the Maiden” String Quartet – The energetic, swift and sometimes rough approach (The Lindsays, Takács and…
Antoine Forqueray (1672-1745), a French Baroque composer and Viola da Gamba master, is the center of this fascinating album. Lucie Boulanger chose pieces which this rather forgotten figure…
Maxim Emelyanychev conducts the soloists of Nizhny Novgorod in Beethoven's "Eroica" Symphony and Brahms's Haydn Variations.
Sébastien de Brossard is not a well known baroque composer, but his long-time obsession with composers of his and older generations saved some great music from oblivion. His…
Zefiro Performs Bach Brandenburg Concertos and the second orchestral suite.
What is the best versions available for Bach's Goldberg Variations? The Classic Review's part 2 of the journey for the best Goldberg Variations continues by choosing the best…
Herve Niquet and his Le Concert Spirituel give us an overwhelming release, quite literally.
Being such a demanding and lengthy work, every recording of the Matthaus Passion work has its strong and weak moments. From the three main elements in the passion,…
