Once again, Chandos scores big with this release of two obscure works of Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921). Both recordings have the hallmarks of Chandos engineering: a
Il trovatore is a notoriously difficult opera to cast these days: Singers with true Verdi voices are scarce and those who might have the equipment
Chandos has again made available Neeme Järvi’s only Bruckner recording, one that continues to perplex, as on the surface this should be a highly recommendable
Throughout the history of music, there are fascinating cases of family involvement in composition, the prime examples being the Bach and Strauss dynasties. In England,
In May, 2000, the Royal Shakespeare Company held a Celebration Concert that featured compositions by leading composers that have been associated with the company, including
Neeme Järvi’s always at his best in brash, extrovert music. That makes his Milhaud exciting and his La Valse handsomely apocalyptic. Bolero, though good, lacks
This Chandos reissue is full of big, rock-solid Beethoven. Walter Weller is clearly from the old school, and unashamed of it. There is something to
The notes that accompany this CD of music by American composer Steven Gerber (b. 1948) relate that his early music explored facets of atonality and
Yvonne Kenny is a wonderful singer, with a pliable, shimmering tone, a technique that allows her to sing at many dynamic levels from ppp to
Víteslav Novák was a member of the talented “in-between” generation of Czech composers, making his name at the turn of the 20th century, after Smetana