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    Mendelssohn Piano and Violin Concertos

    Felix Mendelssohn (1809 – 1847) was one of the great…
    Something Old / Something NewIssue 132

    Josquin des Prez – A New Approach to Musical Expressiveness

    Music history often points to particularly innovative and influential composers…
    Something Old / Something NewIssue 130

    J.C. Bach: Not His Dad’s Baroque Music

    In the music of Johann Christian Bach (1735-1782), the uncluttered…
    Something Old / Something NewIssue 128

    Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Italian Elegance in 17th-Century France

    Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643-1704) boasted two key requirements for a successful…
    Something Old / Something NewIssue 126

    Bach’s Goldberg Variations

    According to an anecdote in an 1802 biography of J.S.…
    Something Old / Something NewIssue 124

    Rediscovering Johannes Ockeghem

    Beethoven has enjoyed all kinds of attention in 2020 to…
    Something Old / Something NewIssue 122

    Dame Ethel Smyth: Knight of the Musical Realm

    In 1922, when she became the first female composer ever…
    Something Old / Something NewIssue 120

    Thomas Tallis: Music for Kings

    When your job is to compose music for kings, it’s…
    Something Old / Something NewIssue 118

    Poet’s Love: Schumann’s Dichterliebe

    Completed in 1840, Robert Schumann’s song cycle Dichterliebe (Poet’s Love),…
    Something Old / Something NewIssue 116

    The Natural Horn: Recent Recordings

    French horn is a notoriously difficult instrument to play at…
    Something Old / Something NewIssue 134

    Troubadours, Trouvères, and Minnesingers

    The word “troubadour” gets tossed around in the modern world…
    Something Old / Something NewIssue 111

    Interpreting Purcell, Redux

    Henry Purcell (1659-1695) lived at an expansive time in British…
    Something Old / Something NewIssue 108

    The Baroque in Central and South America

    When we hear the term “Baroque music,” most of us…
    Something Old / Something NewIssue 106

    John Dowland: Renaissance Composer, Lutenist and Singer

    If you’ve ever strummed a guitar while singing, you can…
    Something Old / Something NewIssue 104

    Beethoven: Recent Piano Concerto Recordings

    It’s come at last, after months of industry hype: the…
    Something Old / Something NewIssue 102

    Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice

    Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787), today a largely under-appreciated composer, was…
    Something Old / Something NewIssue 100

    Guillaume Dufay

    In the days when Jan Van Eyck and his ilk…
    Something Old / Something NewIssue 98

    Hildegard of Bingen

    Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) is one of the most important…
    Something Old / Something NewIssue 96

    Bach Cello Suites

    In a thoroughly unscientific survey, I found over a dozen…
    Something Old / Something NewIssue 94

    Haydn Symphonies

    Talk about classical canon: conductors and record companies never seem…
    Something Old / Something NewIssue 154

    Carl Maria von Weber: 200 Years of Der Freischütz

    The year 2021 marked the 200th anniversary of Carl Maria…
    Something Old / Something NewIssue 172

    Ralph Vaughan Williams: A Master of Orchestration Turns 150

    On October 12, 2022, fans of 20th-century British music will…
    Something Old / Something NewIssue 170

    Orlande de Lassus: Magnificent Music for Voice

    One of the most astonishing periods of European music history…
    Something Old / Something NewIssue 168

    Giovanni Battista Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater: Glorious Music

    Music history textbooks usually bring up Giovanni Battista Pergolesi in…
    Something Old / Something NewIssue 166

    Marin Marais’s Works for Viola da Gamba

    Marin Marais (1656-1728) lived in Paris his whole life. That…
    Something Old / Something NewIssue 164

    Countertenors: New Takes on an Old Tradition

    “Countertenor” is one of those musical terms that has meant…
    Something Old / Something NewIssue 162

    Beethoven Trios: Beyond Archduke

    One of Ludwig van Beethoven’s most beloved works of chamber…
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    Semele: It’s Not Just an Opera by Handel

    In ancient Greek mythology, Semele is a mortal woman favored…
    Something Old / Something NewIssue 158

    Francisco Guerrero: Catching On Again, Five Centuries Later

    The Spanish composer Francisco Guerrero (1528 – 1599) might be…
    Something Old / Something NewIssue 156

    Alessandro Stradella: Magical Melodic Touch

    Alessandro Stradella (1639 – 1682) was as colorful a figure…
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    Clara Wieck Schumann

    September 13, 2019, marks the 200th birthday of pianist and…
    Something Old / Something NewIssue 152

    Antonio Salieri: The Real Story

    My heart goes out to Antonio Salieri. For the past…
    Something Old / Something NewIssue 150

    150 Years of Aida

    Like every other writer who appears on these gleaming digital…
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    Louise Farrenc: Pride of the Paris Conservatory

    Born in Paris in 1804, Louise Farrenc grew up in…
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    Jean-Philippe Rameau: A New Take on French Opera

    If Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683 – 1764) had not embarked on…
    Something Old / Something NewIssue 144

    Singing His Praises: Bach Cantatas

    Among the 95 suggestions for improving Catholicism that Martin Luther…
    Something Old / Something NewIssue 142

    William Byrd: English Musical Inspiration

    During the early Renaissance, European composers gushed over what they…
    Something Old / Something NewIssue 140

    The Chamber Music of Luigi Boccherini: Elegance, Always

    In his own day, Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805) was decidedly retro.…
    Something Old / Something NewIssue 138

    Jean-Baptiste Lully – The Sun King’s Favorite

    In the 1600s, it was generally agreed that opera was…
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    Arrangements of Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons

    The Four Seasons is one of the most-recorded works in…
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    Nilsson Sings Newman

      Harry Nilsson Album: Nilsson Sings Newman LP, 8-track, Cassette…
    Something Old / Something NewIssue 52

    Bach Violin Sonatas

    J.S. Bach’s works for solo violin are compositional marvels that…
    Something Old / Something NewIssue 50

    Mozart Chamber Music

    Mozart’s string quartets and sonatas are deservedly adored members of…
    Something Old / Something NewIssue 48

    Dan’s 100 Best Albums of 2017!

    [If you’re looking for yet another remaster of Kind Of…
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    Heinrich Isaac

    On March 26, 1517, Heinrich Isaac died. Although the Netherlander…
    Something Old / Something NewIssue 45

    Flat Worms

    From the scuzzy, fuzzy den of Castle Face Records comes…
    Something Old / Something NewIssue 44

    The Great 78 Project

    There was a time, in the first half of the…
    Something Old / Something NewIssue 43

    LCD Soundsystem

    American Dream is arguably James Murphy’s best album yet. It…
    Something Old / Something NewIssue 42

    British & Irish Music

    I want to talk about British and Irish folk music.…
    Something Old / Something NewIssue 40

    Frescobaldi

    For the majority of classical music fans, Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643)…
    Something Old / Something NewIssue 54

    Unusual Madrigals

    “Madrigal” is one of those words that showed up in…
    Something Old / Something NewIssue 38

    The King Lives!…
    and King Gizzard?

    Elvis Presley DVD: Elvis Lives: The 25th Anniversary Concert “Live”…
    Something Old / Something NewIssue 37

    Interpreting Purcell

    Henry Purcell (1659-1695) lived at an expansive time in British…
    Something Old / Something NewIssue 36

    Benjamin Booker

    Album: Witness Artist: Benjamin Booker 33 RPM – 1 LP…
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    Lute!

    One of the defining factors of High Baroque music is…
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    The Mountain Goats

    Album: Goths Artist: The Mountain Goats 45 RPM – 3…
    Something Old / Something NewIssue 33

    Caldara

    For a composer not celebrating a round-numbered anniversary of his…
    Something Old / Something NewIssue 32

    Thurston Moore/ Father John Misty

    Album: rock n roll consciousness Artist: Thurston Moore Release: Ecstatic…
    Something Old / Something NewIssue 31

    Damaged Bug/Trans-Siberian Orchestra

    Album: Bunker Funk Artist: Damaged Bug Release: Castle Face Records,…
    Something Old / Something NewIssue 30

    Chant: Sacred and Profane

    Scholars help us understand what chant is. That’s been true…
    Something Old / Something NewIssue 72

    Mozart String Quartets

    A classic recording of Mozart’s six so-called Haydn Quartets has…
    Something Old / Something NewIssue 90

    Guillaume de Machaut

    His poetry was admired by Geoffrey Chaucer, he survived the…
    Something Old / Something NewIssue 88

    Fanny Mendelssohn

    If Fanny Mendelssohn (1805-1847) had lived at a time and…
    Something Old / Something NewIssue 86

    Archangelo Corelli

    Archangelo Corelli (1653-1713) had a pretty sweet deal. As a…
    Something Old / Something NewIssue 84

    Notre Dame Organum

    On April 15, 2019, Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris was…
    Something Old / Something NewIssue 82

    Handel Arias

    In 1706, at the age of 21, Handel made the…
    Something Old / Something NewIssue 80

    Johann Adolf Hasse

    When your wife is a famous soprano and your best…
    Something Old / Something NewIssue 78

    Élisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre

    There was never a more promising time than the late…
    Something Old / Something NewIssue 76

    A Tale of Two Praetorius(es)

    No, they’re not related, but Michael Praetorius (1571-1621) and Hieronymus…
    Something Old / Something NewIssue 74

    François Couperin

    The Year of Couperin is drawing to a close. What,…
    Something Old / Something NewIssue 29

    Set ‘Em Wild, Set ‘Em Free
    Akron/Family

    Album: Set ‘Em Wild, Set ‘Em Free Artist: Akron/Family Release: Deep…
    Something Old / Something NewIssue 70

    Medieval Spanish Chant

    When I learned there was a new recording of music…
    Something Old / Something NewIssue 68

    Schubert Symphonies

    The past 12 months have seen the release of several…
    Something Old / Something NewIssue 66

    G. B. Sammartini

    When Giovanni Battista Sammartini (c. 1700-1775) shows up in music…
    Something Old / Something NewIssue 64

    Orlando Gibbons

    The rich, velveteen sound of the English classical tradition, exemplified…
    Something Old / Something NewIssue 62

    C.P.E. Bach Sonatas

    Clavier-Sonaten für Kenner und Liebhaber (Keyboard Sonatas for Experts and…
    Something Old / Something NewIssue 60

    Tomás Luis de Victoria

    Tomás Luis de Victoria (c. 1548-1611) is often referred to…
    Something Old / Something NewIssue 58

    Die Schöne Müllerin

    Music history textbooks love to point out that Schubert’s song…
    Something Old / Something NewIssue 56

    Schubert’s Winterreise

    When Franz Schubert first played his song cycle Winterreise (Winter…
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