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A cursory glance at the headnote might give a misleading impression: this is not the familiar Mozart clarinet concerto in A K. 622, but rather
Masaaki Suzuki’s Bach Collegium Japan has become a very respectable period band, and it faces some tough competition in this repertoire. Ryo Terakado, violin soloist
Once again Naxos pulls a rabbit out of its hat with this gorgeous release of Alan Rawsthorne’s music (with two world premieres yet). Rawsthorne (1905-71)
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
Here’s an overview of Brazilian pop tunes ranging from samba and bossa nova to Tropocalia. Composer Bebu Silvetti serves them up in pleasant, uneventful, Muzak-worthy
Though other Baroque composers had written chorale arrangements for organ in which the cantus firmus was assigned to a solo wind instrument, the idea of
Hearing the opening of Spring from The Four Seasons, with its secco style, dark coloring, and an attractive sounding archlute strumming away in the continuo,
Frans Brüggen and the Orchestra of the 18th Century stand apart from most other “period” performers with their more robust sound and their bold, fresh
Whoever once quipped that the oboe was “an ill wind that nobody plays good,” probably never heard Allan Vogel. The virtuoso soloist scores points all
Antonio Pasculli (1842-1924) was part of an obscure generation of 19th century Italian wind virtuosos whose music, though popular in his own time, faded as
