
We badly need an excellent new recording of the complete Bachianas Brasileiras. This very mediocre, dimly recorded local production has been bouncing around on various
You would think that an entire hour of music for oboe, clarinet, and bassoon would inevitably become monotonous, and it’s true that playing this disc
It’s big. It’s loud. It’s lush. It’s exotic. It’s our old friend, Heitor Villa-Lobos back to regale us with his own special brand of extravagantly
All previous recordings of the Villa-Lobos 1928 Guitar Etudes stem from the version printed and published in 1957, bearing a dedication to Andres Segovia. David
Here is the first CD reissue devoted to the Stuyvesant String Quartet, one of the finest American chamber groups on the scene in the mid-20th
Heitor Villa-Lobos’ Tenth Symphony commemorates the founding of the city of São Paulo, not exactly an event of special international musical significance. Nor does the
The Eroica Trio consists of violinist Adela Pena, cellist Sara Sant’Ambrogio, and pianist Erika Nickrenz. According to the booklet notes, an earlier album of theirs
Here’s an adventurous CD that does good double duty, providing a showcase for the wind players of the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin while supplying good recordings
There is little in common among the four works recorded here except the Latin American origin of the composers. This nicely organized program juxtaposes styles
Here is the stunning beginning to what promises to be one of the most important, interesting, and sonically thrilling musical discoveries of the new century: