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Until this very fine effort by violinist Walter Reiter and his colleagues, there was no good recent recording (that is, from the past 10-15 years)
Alan Rawsthorne’s 1938 Symphonic Studies (his “concerto for orchestra” in all but name) was the work that first brought him to note as one of
If you’re at all familiar with Joseph Kosma’s work, you probably know this disc’s title track (a.k.a. “Autumn Leaves”) and perhaps one or two of
How well you respond to these crisp, intelligent, somewhat cool and small-scaled readings largely depends on your tolerance for violinist Vera Beths’ wiry, period-instrument timbre.
Giya Kancheli often reminds me of a sort of Georgian Alan Pettersson: his music generally expresses sorrow and lamentation either loudly or softly, with nothing
What an impressive, beautifully recorded showcase from this 18-year-old cellist! From the cruel pyrotechnics of Paganini’s Rossini Variations to the dark lyricism of Falla’s Popular
Steven Gerber studied with Milton Babbitt, among others, and began his composing career writing highly charged, atonal works. By the 1980s he was incorporating tonality
The trouble comes when you try to classify these pieces, to orient them to a time and place, a style, a genre. While all are
When a recording of two blockbuster orchestral warhorses, taped back in 1994, comes out for initial release on a small independent label with no history
These four pieces for cello and piano by Adrian Williams run the gamut of musical modes of the last 100 years (with the exception of
