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I won’t mince words. MDG’s first installment in its complete Marcel Dupré organ works cycle is so poorly engineered that it virtually disqualifies itself from
In the main, organist Jaroslav Tuma approaches Bach’s valedictory tour-de-force of contrapuntal ingenuity in measured strides. His conservative tempos allow the composer’s lines to take
This recording proclaims itself as the “Inaugural recording on the World’s Largest Church Organ”, the latter being further described as the organ of First Congregational
Camille Saint-Saëns scored his Third Symphony to achieve bombastic sounds, but the music, as usual for this urbane composer, was gracious and refined. To unlock
The very nature of Henry Brant’s music immediately poses a problem for recording. Brant is best known for spatial music: he often positions musicians around
This is highly spectacular music written in an accessible atonal idiom reminiscent of Dutilleux, Lutoslawski, Messiaen, and other mainstream contemporary composers. A student of Alun
There is some very beautiful singing on this CD, undoubtedly inspired by Thomas Tomkins’ magnificent–and woefully underrecorded–church music, but also due to the skill and
At first glance, it may seem odd to couple Mahler’s most exalted work with one that ranks among his most personal and tragic. Sony could
