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This is an exceptional disc all round. Composer Leonardo Balada (b.1933) pioneered a fusion between ethnic Catalan and Moorish idioms and the most progressive avant-garde
This collection of previous EMI Barber recordings, made in the late 1980s and mid 1990s, features Leonard Slatkin and the St. Louis Symphony in generally
This is a gem, for many reasons. The easiest first: this is an anthology of Vivaldi at his most captivating. (I suspect it will rightly
This classic (Universal France only) recording of Poulenc gems ought to be completely self-recommending. Pierre Bernac’s wonderfully manic, sometimes suave, sometimes loopy, always brilliant singing
Despite the gains that may result from arranging Tchaikovsky’s Souvenir de Florence for string orchestra, the piece is far more effective in its original sextet
Respected by Haydn and a one-time colleague of the young Beethoven, Andreas Jakob Romberg (1767-1821) wrote this set of three Quintets for flute, violin, two
What the booklet cover and jewel case spine both misleadingly term Tchaikovsky’s “Flute Concerto” is a four-minute fragment of entirely forgettable juvenilia–to be precise, Tchaikovsky’s
The musicians here are all very sympathetic to the lively qualities of Martinu’s music. Listening to these interpretations, it’s clear that the works are by
You can find plenty of recordings of flute music by Boismortier, but only one with the Op. 35 Suites for Flute and Bass–on CPO. This
Armenian composer Boris Parsadanjan (1925-97) got his musical education at Moscow’s famous Gnessin School where everyone (at the time) was under the influence of Shostakovich.
