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At 75, the American composer, conductor, and scholar Gunther Schuller is one of the world’s most hyperactive musicians. These three chamber music works show him
There can be no argument that Jascha Heifetz was one of the world’s greatest violin virtuosos. Unfortunately, all of these performances, originally available on separate
It’s odd that EMI chose Alfred Cortot’s truly bizarre early-1930s Brandenburg Concertos over the Busch Chamber Ensemble’s acclaimed, contemporaenous versions for inclusion in its recent
For all the lushness and lyric sweep of John Ireland’s romantic idiom, the composer rarely wears his heart on his sleeve. The same can be
Henri Vieuxtemps’ concertos have not aged well. Their banal developments and empty technical passages are packed with all the commonplaces of romantic virtuosity and need
Nikos Skalkottas produced his abundant compositional legacy in virtual obscurity. Even some of his close colleagues and family members had no idea he was a
Much has been made of Erich Korngold’s astounding teenage mastery of late-19th-century harmony and orchestration. Given such technical assurance, it’s surprising to find the Viennese
Carl Nielsen’s Concertos for Violin (1911) and Flute (1926) belong to radically different stylistic periods. The former, packed with generous tunes and broad gestures, keeps
In Yasmina Reza’s popular play Art, a friendship among three men goes into crisis when one of them purchases a plain white painting that he
None of the material on this compilation has circulated beyond the scope of Japanese and Russian imports. Disc One’s centerpiece is a 1945 broadcast of
