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Elly Ameling, Dawn Upshaw, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Christoph Prégardien, Fritz Wunderlich, and countless other singers to varying degrees have traversed Schubert’s monumental collection of songs (nearly
Even though American composer Arthur Foote (1853-1937) lived well into the 20th century, his music is definitely a product of 19th century Romanticism, particularly German
It might seem odd that the main work on a disc featuring works of Purcell probably was not even written by the great 17th-century English
Despite a long musical career, almost all of Joseph Joachim’s compositions are early works, steeped in the conservative style of Schubert and Schumann. For years
Although Stravinsky composed at the piano and incorporated the instrument to brilliant effect in many orchestral works, he produced relatively little original solo piano music.
Karol Szymanowski’s two string quartets belong with those of Bartók and Janácek in the stable of “great 20th century chamber works by Eastern European/Slavic composers.”
Recorded (not especially well) in 1946, this marvelous Samson et Dalila serves as yet another testament to a lost school of vocal production. If you’ve
More cool stuff from Australia! The Queensland seaside city of Townsville deserves a lot of credit for sponsoring both the 1999 Australian Festival of Chamber
For a wind quintet to be successful, each player must be a virtuoso soloist who also is capable of being an ensemble player. The musicians
Charles Tomlinson Griffes only lived 35 years; his death in 1920 cut short one of the most promising careers in American music. During his short
