This well-filled disc contains excellent performances of some of Ives most popular and significant works. It’s easy to understand why the “Holidays” Symphony has enjoyed
What to make of this release? The music has been recorded a million times, superbly well. John Wilson’s Sinfonica of London is yet another “pickup”
Leonard Slatkin is one of those unsung (or not sung
Neeme Järvi is often criticized by classical music snobs who
Imogen Cooper has put together a recital of pieces she worked on as a student at the Paris Conservatory and with Alfred Brendel in Vienna,
Dmitri Klebanov (1907-87) was a composer of seriousness and substance, as the few discs devoted to him available thus far (most spectacularly ESS.A.Y’s gorgeous versions
Here’s a mostly excellent disc, smartly programmed to offer an appealing mix of familiar and less-known music. Soprano Lise Davidsen seems to be all over
Eugen Suchon (1908-93) is called by the note-writer of this release the most “influential” Slovak composer of the mid to late 20th century. I’m not
If this latest volume in Chandos’ ongoing series of discs devoted to the orchestral works of Johan Halvorsen is perhaps a tiny bit less interesting
Prokofiev’s Sixth was pretty much neglected by major conductors in