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Major Discoveries: Markevitch’s La Taille de l’Homme

Dan Davis

Volume 5 of Marco Polo’s essential series of Igor Markevitch’s […]

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Markevitch’s Remarkable Bach Musical Offering

David Hurwitz

Previously issued on Marco Polo and now reappearing as Volume

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Markevitch: Orchestral works, Vol. 7

David Hurwitz

First, in case there’s any confusion: this was originally released on Marco Polo as Volume 6 for reasons we don’t need to discuss. On Naxos

Bliss: Miracle in the Gorbals, etc.

David Hurwitz

This CD offers three first recordings, the most important of which is the complete ballet Miracle in the Gorbals, a sordid story of prostitution and

Rochberg: Symphony No. 5

David Hurwitz

The notes to this recording make much of George Rochberg’s braveness in the early 1960s in turning his back on strict academic serialism and atonality.

Rochberg: Violin concerto

Victor Carr Jr

George Rochberg composed his Violin Concerto for Issac Stern, who premiered it 1975. The work was a hit, with Stern playing it some 47 times

Rochberg: Symphony No. 2

David Hurwitz

George Rochberg’s angry Second Symphony, written in one highly contrasted movement divided into five sections, is a 12-tone piece that sounds very much of its

Varèse: Orchestral works, Vol. 2

David Hurwitz

This recording of Amèriques is unique in that it uses the original version for 155 players. Following the piece with the revised score in hand

Rochberg: Symphony No. 1

David Hurwitz

George Rochberg’s First Symphony (1949) is a big, gritty orchestral extravaganza in five movements that lasts a bit more than an hour. Not quite atonal,