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Leonard Slatkin and the BBC Symphony Orchestra deliver a coolly new-age performance of Colin McPhee’s proto-minimalist masterpiece Tabuh-Tabuhan, very similar to Dennis Russell Davies’ recording
This Vox set offers the best all-around collection of Prokofiev’s film music–that is, film scores Prokofiev later arranged as concert works. Leonard Slatkin proves a
Throughout Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, Leonard Slatkin takes special care with presenting the music’s vivid and vibrantly colored characterizations — here brought tellingly to
This set testifies to Leonard Slatkin’s fabled flair for Russian symphonic music–Rachmaninov in particular. His warmly romantic approach emphasizes the music’s lush textures, fluid phrasing,
Mark-Anthony Turnage is a not very interesting composer whose aesthetic resembles the style of other pop-music influenced musicians like Torke or Daugherty, though without the
Short playing times and boring performances add up to an unimpressive Debussy disc. It’s hard to pinpoint exactly what’s wrong: the orchestra plays beautifully and
This 1979 recording, one of Telarc’s first releases, made quite an impression on LP with its spacious, three-dimensional sound (thanks to the company’s minimalist miking
As might be expected, Leonard Slatkin turns in stylish and idiomatic performances of these established Bernstein classics. He hasn’t quite Lenny’s manic energy in such
Having already extensively explored Leopold Stokowski’s famous Bach transcriptions, Chandos now turns to famous arrangements by everyone else. There are some real discoveries here, particularly
This high-rating reissue brings accomplished violin playing and excellent sound. Cho-Liang Lin is heard first in the perennial favorite G minor Bruch concerto, with the
