
This is a thoroughly entertaining, at times enlightening CD. The 11 songs by Satie have been orchestrated–two by Easley Blackwood, the others by Robert Caby–but
John Williams’ 1985 Tuba Concerto inevitably brings to mind his ubiquitous film music, the most obvious connection being the Mothership duet from Close Encounters (there’s
A disc featuring works by the underestimated Marcelle-Germaine Tailleferre is always welcome. She was the only female member of the circle of French composers dubbed