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The neglect of the vast majority of Saint-Saëns’ chamber and orchestral output is a loss to music lovers everywhere. Even worse is the condescending attitude
American/Italian composer Nicolas Flagello was born in New York, but spent a good part of his career as conductor of the Rome Symphony Orchestra. His
Kurt Weill’s collaborations with Bertolt Brecht in the late 1920s and early ’30s captured the angst, despair, and decadence of post-Weimar Germany with determined zest
In November, 1931, 15-year-old Yehudi Menuhin made his first recording with an orchestra. He remade the Bruch G minor Concerto several times since, but these
The composer-led recordings of Elgar’s Enigma Variations and Violin Concerto were previously coupled in EMI’s Elgar Edition. Fine as those transfers were, Andrew Walter’s latest
By titling these 10 works “Sonatas for Piano and Violin”, Beethoven put both instruments on equal footing to a degree unprecedented in chamber literature. Likewise,
A few years ago, the name of Johann David Heinichen (1683-1729) came out of the blue as a wonderful surprise. Baroque music lovers around the
When we think of popular violin recital bon-bons, we most likely recall names such as Kreisler, Paganini, Sarasate, Dvorak, or Wieniawski. But as this entertaining
Here is a violinist of unquestionable talent and charisma, but also of very questionable taste, who’s become the subject of a documentary film. A musical
Paul Daniel’s ongoing series of Walton’s major orchestral works has been extremely successful, and along the way has benefited from increasingly fine recorded sound. All
