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Is there anything in music more irritating than an atonal alto saxophone cadenza, such as we find in Aho’s Third Chamber Symphony (for saxophone and
Putting all of Debussy’s works for solo and orchestra together on a single disc is smart programming, even if it makes for somewhat short playing
If I were God, I’d be insulted. Blasphemous, you say? Perhaps. But this statement doesn’t even begin to plumb the depths of cliché-ridden triviality that
This recording, Grover Washington Jr.’s final one before his death last December, is in the tradition of the classic Miles Davis/Gil Evans Porgy and Bess
Amazingly, most of this music is available in multiple recordings, even the much-maligned Third Symphony, subtitled “Short Symphony in a Time of War”. It’s actually
This is a wonderful disc in every respect. Paul Whiteman clarinet/sax player Al Gallodoro passed away a few weeks after this recording was made, at
Needless to say, this release is a mixed bag. The Dvorák is quite good. After a slightly soggy opening, Václav Smetácek turns in a terrific
This enterprising collection of attractive, listenable contemporary music really is great fun. Michael Daugherty’s Sunset Strip offers a typically eclectic mix of classical and popular
Kalevi Aho loves a challenge, though at times (as in his recent disc of concertos for contrabassoon and tuba) the effort can seem more an
Here’s a composer well worth getting to know. David Baker’s principal musical specialty is jazz, but his compositional versatility allows him to create very effective
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