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Balakirev’s Piano Concerto No. 1, like Scriabin’s, emulates Chopin in style and technique, if not mastery of the idiom (that would come later). It’s a
My French colleague Christophe Huss called a few days ago and said “You’ve got to try the new Bruch Concerto disc on Naxos. It’s really
Naxos’ Nutcracker and Sleeping Beauty recordings are from early in the label’s history (1989 and 1991, respectively) when it often employed Eastern European orchestras–in this
This is really fun. Hubert Headley (1906-95) is a composer in the tradition of Gershwin, Still, Gillis, and Moross–that is, stylish, pop-influenced (’30s and ’40s),
Hisato Ohzawa (1907-1953) studied in Boston and Paris, and his music certainly shows the influence of the Parisian capital. You might call it “Les Six
These are beautiful works, very well played by two passionate string soloists. Both violinist Anastasia Khitruk and cellist Andrey Tchekmazov have more than the chops
After excellent accounts for Naxos of Tchaikovsky’s First and Third piano concertos, Konstantin Scherbakov and Dmitry Yablonsky offer an even finer sequel. Indeed, this performance
Far too much recent music fills time with ultimately forgettable sounds; the Seventh Symphony of Boris Tishchenko (b. 1939) is a welcome exception. The musical
This is a surprisingly fine performance of the Leningrad Symphony. Dmitry Yablonsky and his orchestra barely put a foot wrong, and the only quibble I
It’s nice to hear Bruch’s Violin Concerto No. 1 in the company of his lesser-known Konzertstück (and not, as it often is, paired with the
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