Even though Neville Marriner's 1985 recordings with the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields of Bach's Brandenburg Concertos are split between two discs in the 2004 EMI Classics reissue, the affordable price makes the acquisition of both worthwhile. The second disc presents the Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 5 and 6, along with the Orchestral Suite No. ...
The lighter music of the splendid French Baroque remains in need of greater exposure, making this disc of cantatas by the young Jean-Philippe Rameau and André Campra a welcome arrival. Here is some of the music the royals and aristocrats heard not in halls of opera and ballet but in more intimate surroundings, for amusement, with one or two ...
While most serious listeners already have their favorite sets of J.S. Bach's Brandenburg Concertos and the Orchestral Suites, newcomers searching for respectable recordings at a reasonable price would do well to start with this triple-CD set by Neville Marriner and the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields. These recordings were made in 1984 and ...
The Leçons de Ténèbres, or "lessons of darkness," represent a special use during Holy Week of the biblical Lamentations of Jeremiah -- they are sung (or read) in services that conclude with the extinguishing of a candle. When the series of nine services is complete, the last candle is put out and the congregants are left in darkness. François ...
These recordings were made in 1984, and they hold up well in nearly every way in reissue almost a quarter century later. The music -- single-movement instrumental sonatas (two violins, cello, double bass, and organ) written for interpolation into Salzburg church services -- is still seldom enough heard to qualify as a group of Mozart rarities. The ...
Buyers should note that the Swedish pun in this album's title doesn't work in English; the title Barocking Together suggests a Baroque-rock fusion, but this is a program of straight Baroque music, mostly by Bach. Further, of the four Bach flute sonatas on the program, one (the Flute Sonata in E flat major, BWV 1031) is probably by C.P.E. Bach, and ...
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