The Vivaldi Concerto for mandolin and orchestra, RV 425, was an essential component of the 1970s classical LP collection -- with the mandolin amped up so loud in order to compete with a large orchestral string section that it sounded like an electric guitar blazing through an arena rock concert. Things have improved a bit since then, but balance ...
This Brilliant Classics release represents an odd combination of elements -- a two-disc set of music devoted to Italian composer Giovanni Bononcini of which one disc consists of a set of divertimenti published at London in 1722 and the second to sixth secular cantatas performed by a completely different group. Sharp listeners deep into Bononcini ...
François Couperin: Les Concerts Royaux is the 40th release on Jordi Savall's Alia Vox label. Savall is no stranger to Couperin, and this marks the fourth disc-long traversal of some aspect of Couperin's literature that Savall has made since 1976. Taking seriously Couperin's own offhand comments about how these pieces were initially played, and the ...
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