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Flute concertos constitute one of the few media in which it’s generally more interesting to listen to contemporary music than to the works of past
Nikos Skalkottas was such a good tonal composer that you have to wonder why he wasted so much time on his gnarly, atonal stuff. The
BIS continues its survey of music by the remarkable, truculent, inimitable Jon Leifs with this disc featuring mostly vocal works, some of which have been
The title of this stupendously successful collection–Norwegian Classical Favorites 2–is wildly inappropriate: “Barely Known Norwegian Classical Music” might be more apt, but I can think
Petri Sakari’s Sibelius cycle really hits its stride with these two very fine performances of the Fourth and Fifth Symphonies. One caveat: all of the
Petri Sakari knows this music, obviously loves it, and paces it to perfection. Indeed, his performance of The Bard may just be the finest available,
This may not be the best Sibelius cycle on the market at budget price (that honor goes to Colin Davis and the Boston Symphony on
It’s amazing how late Sibelius, often regarded as enigmatic or for specialists only, has come into fashion in recent years. Complete symphony cycles have proliferated,
Leifur Thórarinsson (1934-98) was an Icelandic composer whose musical vision–to judge by this disc–easily matches anything being done today in any of the Scandinavian countries.
Nikos Skalkottas is one of the very few composers who managed to create successful tonal and atonal works at the same time. This disc contains
