Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

Classical CD Reviews: Handel’s Water Music and the Vienna Philharmonic’s 2016 New Year’s Concert

February 21, 2016
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Nobody, these days, plays the music of the Strauss family better than the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra.

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Classical CD Reviews: Haydn’s Seven Last Words of Christ and Mozart/Bach Adagios & Fugues (Harmonia mundi), Mahler’s Symphony no. 2 (Avie Records)

April 14, 2014
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Three reviews of new classical music CDs: one is inviting, another lively, and the last could use more intensity.

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Classical Music CD Reviews: Bach’s St. Matthew Passion and Early Classical Opera

November 20, 2013
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Two discs released by Harmonia Mundi benefit from the dramatic flair of conductor René Jacobs.

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