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This is a very engaging collection of rather sophisticated music for strings by contemporary Irish composers. There is nothing particularly “Irish” about most of this
Ferde Grofé’s arrangements for Paul Whiteman’s band constitute a treasure-trove of early- to mid-20th century Americana. Usually we only get to hear his epoch-making original
In the Koppel family Denmark would seem to have the makings of its own musical dynasty à la the Bachs and Strausses. Both sons of
Robert Ward is best known for his opera on Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible, though he composed a respectable body of instrumental music as well.
Have European-schooled composers forgotten how to write fast-tempo tonal music? You’d think so on evidence of this CD. I’ve enjoyed other Naxos CDs of works
An entire disc of saxophone/piano music can make a refreshing change from the usual chamber, vocal, and orchestral fare many listeners prefer–that is, if it’s
Sunleif Rasmussen is the Faroe Islands’ first “art music” composer, and he’s quite a serious one. His Symphony No. 1 was the 2002 winner of
One of the nice things about this job is the ability to go back and discover enjoyable recordings that you might have missed on first
Eric Stokes (1930-99) was a sort of midwestern Lou Harrison without the Orientalism, at least on evidence here. Susquehannas, The Pickpocket is a Lyrical Tivo,
Here’s an attractive and stunningly played program of saxophone quartet music, ranging from baroque transcriptions to modern shades of blues. Proceeding in chronological order, the
