
The outstanding work here is Arthur Meulemans’ Seventh Symphony, an atmospheric, vaguely impressionist piece full of colorful orchestral writing. This guy’s a real find, and
This is exactly the kind of disc to put on when you are trying to study and don’t want to be unduly distracted by any
For many years this was my favorite version of Vivaldi’s most popular work. When it first came out, it seemed fresh and alive, bursting with
Robert Docker (1918-92), one of the most respected composers of British light music, was an accomplished keyboard player and violist. His inside knowledge shows in
In orchestral music, it seems that there’s nothing quite so exciting as a Baroque trumpet player reaching for pure high tones, the instrumental equivalent of
One of the biggest joys of reviewing recordings is that it lately has enabled me to hear a lot of music by Georg Philipp Telemann;
This final volume in dacapo’s four-disc survey of the complete Holmboe chamber concertos completes a musical odyssey of the highest value, not just for the
A native of Cleveland, Ohio, Richard Wilson is the composer of more than 70 works, an oeuvre that comprises every genre, including opera. The four
English composer Rutland Boughton is best known, to the extent he’s known at all, as the composer of the opera The Immortal Hour (also available
With more than 200 opus numbers in his catalog, Charles Koechlin counts among the most prolific composers of the 20th century. Along with a large