Bob van Asperen is never going to set the world on fire. First, of course, he is a classical musician. Second, he is a harpsichordist. Third, he specializes in historically informed performance practices. Fifth and most importantly, van Asperen, for all the brilliance of his technique and the depth of his performances, is no firebrand. He is a ...
You can be sure that infants aren't fussy about their classical collections, but grownups may feel that Bach for My Baby is a bit much to give to their offspring, considering the sophistication of the performances, the substantial length of the selections, and the seriousness of the music. Assembled from EMI's back catalog, dating between 1965 and ...
Membra Jesu Nostri (The Limbs of our Lord Jesus) is the single largest and most compelling of the 110 or so sacred vocal works left us by Dutch-German master Dietrich Buxtehude. Buxtehude is better known for his organ music and is rightfully acknowledged as a formative influence on Johann Sebastian Bach. However, Buxtehude's vocal output is ...
Giovanni Rovetta was Claudio Monteverdi's successor at St. Mark's cathedral in Venice, a fact that by itself should have accorded him more attention than he has received from performers up to this 2001 West German Radio recording by the Cantus Cölln, reissued in an attractive budget-priced release by Harmonia Mundi in its Musique d'abord series. ...
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