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There have been several collections released recently containing Grieg’s complete music for string orchestra. Aside from the Holberg Suite, which is beautifully performed here by
Everyone who loves Elgar acclaims The Dream of Gerontius as a masterpiece. I don’t. Cardinal Newman’s words are beyond atrocious as poetry, and I find
Musical prodigy Jay Greenberg is only 15, and this is already his Fifth Symphony. It’s not a great work by any means; none of history’s
This release shows that you can teach an old dog new tricks. Like Abbado in his Berlin cycle for DG, Haitink seems to have taken
Nearly all of the studio and live accounts of Tchaikovsky’s First Concerto with Emil Gilels stand out for the pianist’s powerful projection and astonishingly honest
Barry Tuckwell and the Mozart Horn Concertos enjoy a discographical partnership that dates back nearly half a century. I have not heard his 1993 traversals
Kertesz’s LSO Dvorák cycle has held up very well, and his recording of the Eighth remains one of the best versions available. Much of the
It’s rather amazing just how many bad Prokofiev symphony cycles there have been; happily this isn’t one of them. The absolute nadir remains Ozawa/Berlin on
Certainly, it’s no accident of programming that finds these works all on the same disc. What’s amazing is the fact that they are rarely–or never–recorded.
These three works all demonstrate Paul Chihara’s characterful combination of simple melody with cutting-edge orchestral sonorities. He’s particularly fond of atmospheric tone clusters for strings
