Archiv Productions

Archiv is a great label. Get these two Archiv titles for truly outstanding percussion (performance and recording):

Dream of Orient
http://www.deutschegrammophon.com/catalog/product.htms?PRODUCT_NR=4741932

Canto de la Vida
http://www.deutschegrammophon.com/catalog/product.htms?PRODUCT_NR=4775015

Thanks Wellen. I ordered Dream of the Orient on your recommendation. thanks, warren

Don't forget Archiv vinyl, I bought a number of items whwn they were issued, which are still favourites, Bach's B Minor mass in particular.

Archiv is, I believe, the early music sister company of DG. They have a number of fine artists, including many fine performances by Trevor Pinnock and the English Concert. Their recordings are generally quite clear and clean, not necessarily natural sounding (at least in the early days, when a lot of DG's multi-miking and bright highs carried over to their sister company), but always were well-done from a musical perspective. I would recommend the Pinnock/EC versions of Handel's Water Music and the Bach Brandenberg Concerti, still my favorite performances of the pieces on record.