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Válek; Vladimir

  • Martinu: Symphonies/Valek

    Something strange has happened to Vladimir Válek. His formerly admirable emphasis on clean rhythm has degenerated into a generalized stiffness, most evident in his recent…

    David Hurwitz

  • Tchaikovsky: Symphonies

    The top half of Vladimír Valék’s Tchaikovsky Symphony cycle has a lot going for it. For starters there’s the remarkably fresh and well-groomed playing of…

    Victor Carr Jr

  • Dvorak: Symphonies/Valek

    Wow! I thought to myself, a new Dvorák symphony cycle from a conductor I have always enjoyed for his snappy sense of rhythm and ability…

    David Hurwitz

  • Rimsky Supraphon C

    Vladimir Válek has a good sense of rhythm that generally serves him well in this colorful music, and heaven knows the Czech Philharmonic can play…

    David Hurwitz

  • Barati

    Upon emigrating to the United States in 1938, Hungarian composer George Barati (1913-96) took up studies with Roger Sessions at Princeton. Barati was deeply influenced…

    Victor Carr Jr

  • Martinu Double Elan TEN C

    Martinu’s brilliant and witty double piano concerto belongs to a long list of his works unaccountably neglected in today’s concert halls. Composed in 1943 during…

    David Hurwitz

  • MODERN AMERICAN CLASSICS VOL. 4

    David L. Post’s Symphony No. 1 (1995) invites the listener in with its primarily tonal construction on traditional symphonic techniques. The music’s harmonic palette is…

    Victor Carr Jr

  • Underhill boring piano stuff C

    The music of Nicholas Underhill is hard to define. It sounds like everything–or nothing at all. His Piano Concerto (1993) opens with a banal, minimalistic,…

    ClassicsToday

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