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There’s a certain honesty to Kurt Atterberg’s music that’s really very fetching. His harmony is resolutely diatonic and romantic: when it’s major it’s happy, when
Every Strauss lover needs a recording of this ballet, composed
Kurt Atterberg was a wonderful, genuinely romantic composer with a distinctive melodic gift and a genuine sense of humor. His “Dollar” Symphony (No. 6) won
Neeme Järvi always has had a habit of adopting swift tempos, but lately he seems to be taking this to the point of mania: witness
Wagner’s Symphony in C is such a piece of junk
Johan Halvorsen is one of those composers whose music will have you asking why it’s not part of the standard repertoire. It’s that good. His
Music beyond category was one of Duke Ellington’s highest terms of praise, and it’s a description that fits much of his own music, in which
Licensed from BIS, these performances on balance remain the finest versions of this music available, though some of the Naxos recordings are equally fine. Alfven
Johan Halvorsen spent most of his career writing for the theater, which is probably why his music sounds so effortless, colorful, and well, efficient. This
Neeme Järvi is turning into a modern-day Albert Coates: a conductor who plays almost everything fast. In the case of the two overtures, which contain
