
Michael Gielen’s recorded legacy is one of uncompromising dedication to […]
Franz Schreker didn’t write that much free-standing orchestral music, which is a pity because what we have is gorgeous. Most of it has some connection
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It might seem silly to recommend a disc on the
JoAnn Falletta turns in another fine recording of less than familiar repertoire. Prelude to a Drama, an expanded version of the overture to the opera
This has got to be the most intelligent, comprehensive, and
This disc of early 20th century Viennese orchestral songs seems the perfect showcase for Eva Marton, whose recordings have been intermittently successful in conveying the
A couple of decades ago there was a perfume brand whose slogan was “sensual, but not too far from innocence”. Well, if ever a composer
Franz Schreker’s 1909 Der Ferne Klang (The Faraway Sound) is a work of exquisite beauty for which he marshaled all the prodigious compositional skills at
Das Spielwerk und die Prinzessin was given a double-premiere, in Vienna and Frankfurt, on March 15, 1913. It was somewhat appreciated in Frankfurt but caused