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Reveiws are by Brian Wilson at Music Web International

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"Several very valuable classic recordings are here gathered together... The recordings of Bach and the earlier composers here are musical fossils – they don’t sing the music like that anymore – but fossils can be fascinating and these are very good exemplars of their kind. For all the progress that has been made in the performance of the music of the pre-classical period, I can still listen to King’s under Willcocks’ direction in this repertoire with pleasure... Beulah coupling is unique on a single album and the transfer is good – comparable in quality with my CD of the Haydn. In the Gibbons the top line sounds just a fraction glassy but nowhere near as fragile as King’s recordings used to sound on LP." Reissue of the Month by Brian Wilson at Music Web International

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"The opening Aria della battaglia starts surprisingly softly – could this be a rare dud from these performers? – but when the music becomes dramatic they certainly deliver the goods with interest. The other items, by the younger Gabrieli, also justify the description of the original LP (AMS16119) as in every way worthy of the music. These performances have hardly dated and the recorded sound is full... I’m amazed at how well these recordings sound more than half a century on." Brian Wilson at Music Web International

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