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3 October 2022
Recent Classical Highlights

Several interesting and enjoyable recordings turned up in this latest batch of our reviewers' listening. The Dragon of Wantley by John
Lampe is an entertaining and humorous, opera that spoofs Handel. Trumpeter Alison Balsom (pictured above) gives a sensitive
performance of Aaron Copland's seldom heard Quiet City. On the other side of the world from Copland, check out the evocative music
of Xiaogang Ye. Finally, Sebastian Bohren puts together a program of violin music that looks at Baroque music from the eyes of a
performer from the era before historic performance practice came into vogue. Give them a listen!

John Luther Adams - Houses of the Wind
Akademie für Alte Musik, Berlin - The Bach Dynasty: Johann Sebastian, Carl Philipp Emanuel, Johann Ludwig, Wilhelm
Friedemann, Johann Christian
Andrew Arthur, Hanover Band - JS Bach: Harpsichord Concertos BWV 1052, 1054, 1055 & 1058