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There is nothing to criticize here: it’s all wonderful. This final volume in BIS’s survey of the extant Choros pieces by Villa-Lobos (Nos. 13 and
Ondine already has a fine recording of Choros No. 11, an hour-long concerto for piano and orchestra that runs continuously (and so is almost never
It’s often thought that critics work in isolation, and that a published opinion is merely the subjective impression of one individual. Maybe some do work
While Villa-Lobos’ Bachianas Brasileiras series may be better known or more popular (at least in part), his Choros pieces are just as fine–and perhaps richer
You know you’ve got a winner on your hands when a performance of a piece you know by heart and already own in dozens of
There is absolutely nothing here to criticize. Sharon Bezaly is one of the world’s top flutists; the repertoire has been chosen with her usual intelligence
Brazilian composer Claudio Santoro (1919-89) ranges all over the place stylistically. His Fourth Symphony sounds recognizably American, with shades of Copland or Carlos Chavez. It
BIS has done it again! If you’ve been collecting any of the marvelous unknown composers that this label has been advocating over the years, including
This is the last disc in the São Paulo Symphony Orchestra’s survey of Guarnieri Symphonies under John Neschling for BIS. Let’s hope that it doesn’t
Continuing its excellent series of Guarnieri Symphonies, the São Paulo Symphony Orchestra under John Neschling presents another program of marvelous music that deserves the widest
