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Stravinsky’s complete music for piano and orchestra comprises only three works: the Concerto for Piano and Winds, the Capriccio, and Movements for Piano and Orchestra.
Ernest Bloch’s two tone poems for cello and orchestra, Schelomo and Voice in the Wilderness, make logical disc mates. Stylistically they are quite similar—lusciously scored
Max Reger wrote, “my Piano Concerto is going to be misunderstood for years. The musical language is too austere and too serious; it is, so
Nobody did death like Liszt. Say what you will, he was the master of musical gloom. Perhaps one reason that he enjoyed death so much
Ilan Volkov’s first disc of the less-usual Stravinsky ballets was excellent, and so is this one. It’s only next to the almost insane precision of
These are both attractive works, quite well played. Ilya Gringolts has a fine technique, an attractive sound, and is sensitively accompanied by Ilan Volkov and
This is such refreshing music, and a fine collection of Stravinsky ballets. Jeu de cartes is one of his funniest scores, and it gets a
Walton’s Viola Concerto always has been admired as one of his finest works, perhaps in part because of the dearth of competition. Hyperion is making
Putting all of Britten’s music for solo piano and orchestra together on one nicely filled (71 minutes) CD is such a good idea that it’s
Nikolai Roslavets’ Chamber Symphony is a 55-minute-long behemoth of a piece, composed in 1934/35. Note the date, which is right about the same time as
