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Article: Bach: The Concertos for One and Two Harpsichords. Raymond Leppard, Andrew Davis, and Philips Ledger, the English Chamber Orchestra. Philips Duo 454 268-2.(Review)
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- November 1, 1997
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Bach: The Concertos for One and Two Harpsichords. Raymond Leppard, Andrew Davis, and Philips Ledger, the English Chamber Orchestra. Philips Duo 454 268-2.
In the '70s and early '80s, when almost every other company had given up on music of the Baroque, Philips was producing a ton of this stuff. In particular, Raymond Leppard and his English Chamber Orchestra and Sir Neville Marriner and his Academy of St. Martin in the Fields were practically competing for the honor of most-productive Baroque conductor. I believe Baroque music only just came into popular fashion in ...