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It’s good to see this thoroughly professional Martinu cycle being offered at three discs for the price of two, as it contains some very good
This disc deserves consideration on account of a smashing performance of Leó Weiner’s otherwise unavailable Hungarian Folkdance Suite, an extensive four-movement work of symphonic dimensions
These big, bold, gutsy performances of some of Shostakovich’s best light music have been collected on two CDs and reissued at an attractive price, making
Back in the early 1990s when all was well with the classical music record world and Chandos “house” conductor Neeme Järvi was recording everything in
This collection gathers Neeme Järvi’s previously released George Chadwick recordings on one disc. Though Chadwick aimed to distinguish himself as a uniquely American composer, his
Nikolai Miaskovsky’s Sixth is the most frequently performed of his 27 symphonies, although its familiarity among Western audiences remains relatively slight. A big, post-romantic work,
Neeme Järvi’s Ives Symphony recordings are now more usefully packaged together on a single disc rather than coupled with Barber orchestral works on the original
Kabalevsky’s Violin concerto is a jaunty affair full of the same vibrant energy that characterizes his ballet music–particularly the finale, which in its rollicking gaiety
For decades now the Dvorák symphony cycle sweepstakes has been dominated by three classic contenders: Kubelik (DG), Kertesz (Decca–and to my mind not quite as
There isn’t much Busoni orchestral music, and what there is varies widely in quality. His finest work in the medium is also his largest: the
