

This release duplicates exactly a somewhat more lively recording of the same repertoire on Marco Polo featuring James Lockhart and the Rhenish Philharmonic Orchestra. To

Estonian composer Heino Eller’s (1887-1970) career offers a classic illustration of being a big fish in a small pond. His was certainly not a great

It might seem silly to recommend a disc on the

Wow, this is bad! Gimeno has amassed quite a discography

Kazuki Yamada leads the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande in an appealing program of French classics. The Roussel unquestionably fares best, and it’s the major

This disc has been on my “CD of the Week” or similar-such review-pile for as long as it’s been out–which is going on five years.

Critics and fans alike like to say that Philip Glass composes music that is either riveting or dull. Whatever, count this new symphony among the

Confession time. I don’t get Gustavo Dudamel. The only exciting thing about him is the PR that says he’s supposed to be exciting. I have

Well, here’s a disc that ought never to have been

Mahler’s Fifth is arguably the most difficult of all the symphonies to play convincingly, and it’s to Daniel Harding’s credit that he does it so
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