
Hans Rott’s single symphony enjoys what little attention it gets solely by virtue of the fact that it sounds like anyone but Hans Rott. There’s
Now this is more like it! So many recordings of Tchaikovsky’s Souvenir de Florence sextet in string orchestra arrangement make it sound like a Mantovani
Performances of Alfred Schnittke’s music require two important elements: spot-on execution by the performers, and a palpable depth to the recording ambience. Otherwise, Schnittke’s music
By and large, minimalism is in steep decline, but every now and then something comes along to give fans of the style hope. This is
No one familiar with the music of Philip Glass would expect his Symphony No. 3 (1995) to conform to traditional sonata principles (with its requisite
Of the Eastern European symphonists, the 40-year-old Estonian Erkki-Sven Tüür thus far appears to be among the most original, resourceful, and the least self indulgent.
This interesting CD underlines the strong links between Bach and Max Reger, the most “Bachian” of all the turn-of-the-century German composers. The “Bach-Reger-Suite” gathers together
Keith Jarrett’s Mozart will be familiar to anyone who purchased his first foray into this music on ECM, containing Piano Concertos Nos. 21, 23 and