Volume 2 of Naxos’ English String Miniatures series is almost 70 minutes of pleasantly idyllic music, lovingly rendered by the English Northern Philharmonia under David
The earliest of Arthur Rubinstein’s three complete Chopin Nocturne cycles reveals a more free-flowing, tonally robust approach to these works that contrast with the pianist’s
Etienne-Nicolas Méhul (1763-1817) was one of the most important French composers who lived at the time of the French Revolution. Beethoven is said to have
Jenó Jandó’s Naxos survey of Beethoven’s Bagatelles and dances for solo piano reaches Volume 3. Jandó’s adroit and stylish readings have much to commend them,
You can find plenty of recordings of flute music by Boismortier, but only one with the Op. 35 Suites for Flute and Bass–on CPO. This
It’s great to see these colorful and exciting concertos coupled together on a single disc. Written in Ginastera’s late, expressionist style, they prove that atonal
Nils (later Geirr) Tveitt (1908-81) remains one of the Cinderella figures of 20th-century Scandinavian music, chiefly because this highly prolific artist lost most of his
The 15th-century secular song “L’homme armé”, a paean to military readiness, was widely used as a cantus firmus by composers as diverse as Josquin, Ockeghem,
It’s hard to imagine why Naxos waited so long to issue this outstanding disc. The jewel case data states that the recording was made in
This disc contains two excellent works, and two real dogs. Unsurprisingly, the good stuff gets played with enthusiasm, while the rotten stuff–well, it’s rotten, so