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Once again these characterful but still woefully under-represented works impress in a program that, back in the mid-1980s (when both performances first appeared) seemed to
Composed soon after his Violin Concerto, Bruch’s Symphony No. 1 is a pleasing and inventive work that follows in the style of Schumann, with a
First a little bit of housekeeping: Despite the identification of Le Triomphe funèbre de Tasse as “Symphonic Poem No. 2”, it actually is No. “2a”
This third volume of Naxos’ ongoing series of Liszt tone poems under Michael Halász is easily the best so far. These pieces have such a
Recorded live in 1977 at the Martina Franca Festival, this set is recommended to fans of Grace Bumbry and/or those who already own six recordings
Franz Schreker’s 1909 Der Ferne Klang (The Faraway Sound) is a work of exquisite beauty for which he marshaled all the prodigious compositional skills at
This welcome studio recording of Figaro is note-complete (moreso, actually, since as an appendix, two alternative arias for Susanna are included) and presented in spotless,
Edouard Lalo’s early training as a cellist reveals itself throughout his two principal works for the instrument. The Sonata is all but unplayed and rarely
Few composers have succeeded as well as Ernö Dohnányi in sounding both like a spiritual son of Brahms and a little cousin of Richard Strauss,
The incidental music for Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme (1912) belongs among the minor productions of Richard Strauss. It’s a good-spirited and exquisite work, though, well worth
