Lully: Grand Motets, Vol. 2
 Sterling Example Of Excellence -- In a successful follow-up to Vol.1, Naxos outdone all yet again with this stunning compilation, part of the Grand Motets series. A bold and grand interpretation, this recording is the undoubted first choice for anyone ... [... more]
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Discover Choral Music
A Great Way To Learn More About The History Of Choral Music -- Like other issues in Naxos's 'Discover ...' series, this two CD compilation is really quite excellent. The CDs comprise a tour through five (1490-2000) centuries of choral music and is ... [... more]
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Boismortier: Ballets De Village
Another Winner From Herve Niquet And Le Concert Spirituel -- I love this CD. Herve Niquet, conductor of Le Concert Spirituel, is a champion of the music of J. B. de Boismortier, and when you hear this disc you'll understand why. Boismortier was a ... [... more]
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Lorenzani: Motets
Wonderful And Sublime Early Baroque Works! -- This CD is sublime, and captures with wonderful simplicity these vocal works. I have no standard to compare this CD against (I have never heard of anyone else performing Lorenzani), but on its own this is a ... [... more]
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Boismortier: Serenades Francaises / Fragments Melodiques
A Great Boismortier Sampler -- I'm writing this to add a different perspective to the other review by KerrLines. Where KerrLines finds faults, I actually find pluses. While I agree that this is not a "relaxing" Baroque disc, that should not be ... [... more]
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Wassenaer: Concerti Armonici
Delightful Baroque Music-Making -- This recent (2002) Naxos CD is about 90% winner. Its pleasing music, delightful to those with a taste for the baroque concerto, has a strange provenance. It was composed by a Dutch titled aristocrat who went to ... [... more]
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Corbetta / Visee: Suites For Guitars And Theorbos
French Baroque At Its Best -- The Italian-born Francesco Corbetta and his French student, Robert de Visée, were the most prominent figures in a guitar craze that swept through the French musical world in the 1670s and 1680s. In fact, both men were ... [... more]
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