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The Ensemble La Cantonnade is the ideal advocate of Kleinknecht’s music [JV]

Outstanding performances of music by an unjustly neglected master [JV]

A fine performance of Schütz’s masterpiece [JV]

Another step toward full appreciation of Spanish music of the 18th century [JV]

This disc goes straight to my list of recordings of the year [JV]

An interesting contribution to our knowledge of the music scene in 18th-century England and the history of Scottish traditional music [JV]

I am very impressed by Lucia Cortese’s performances of these cantatas [JV]

Van Helmont’s Leçons fully deserve to be recorded, and Scherzi Musicali has done a great job of performing them [JV]

This disc opens a window to a part of 17th century religious and musical culture that is little-known [JV]

Excellent and often exciting performances of partly little-known music [JV]

An interesting production, because of the repertoire and the instruments of the performers [JV]

Groundbreaking from the perspective of performance practice [JV]

If you have no recording of this work in your collection, this is a good choice [JV]

Vivaldi’s instrumental music is more theatrical than these performances suggest [JV]

Top-class performances of German sacred music from the baroque period [JV]

Entertaining music by a little-known composer, played with infectious enthusiasm [JV]

This disc suggests that the oeuvre of Hofer deserves to be thoroughly explored [JV]

A most enjoyable disc, to which one may return regularly [JV]

These two masses are fascinating stuff, but the style of singing may not be everyone’s cup of tea [JV]

A compelling survey of Croatia’s musical past [JV]

Excellent recording of music by a composer who was in no way inferior to the best of his time [JV]

An excellent demonstration of what was written for the violin in the high baroque era [JV]

A perfect demonstration of the quality of Capricornus’s oeuvre [JV]

An interesting production that is marred by some serious issues [JV]