The German label CPO, consistently dedicated to underappreciated music, has brought along many recordings of unfamiliar works ranging in status from central to the literature to wholly unworthy of revival. One of the most distinguished, and consequential, projects that CPO has undertaken is its recording of the complete Symphonies Concertantes of ...
This marvellous collection of Biber's works, played brilliantly by the Purcell Quartet, interposes the 12 sonatas of the "Fidicinium sacro-profanum" (circa 1682) with other short programmatic works, much as was done when he worked for Prince-Bishop Karl at Kromeriz. The "Fidicinium" sonatas for string quartet were revolutionary in their form and ...
New Zealand bass-baritone Teddy Tahu Rhodes got a late start as a professional singer; uncertainty about his abilities kept him employed as an accountant until he was in his early thirties, and even then he practically had to be dragged to an audition at Opera Australia, after which he was immediately hired, and he has been making up for lost time ...
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