Craig Calhoun, et Al., Classical Sociological Theory

It was a good idea to combine works by these two composers of the Vivaldi period who both worked in Dresden; the resulting CD is of high quality musically and also from the scholarly viewpoint. The performances by the Freiburg orchestra on period instruments are very fine and the recording excellent. Lovers of the Baroque should investigate this disc, on which much scholarly and musical effort has been expended.
HC Robbins Landon, BBC Music Magazine

During the 1920s many French composers reacted against the Wagnerian influences of the late nineteenth century, the impressionism of Debussy, and the dominating atmosphere of the circle round César Franck, and turned instead to the everyday world – the circus, the music hall, the fairground and jazz – for inspiration. The two French ballet scores presented here combine many of these elements and being collaborative efforts, provide a unique cross-section of the work of a dozen composers – some well-known, others barely mentioned in textbooks on the period……..