Aus Italien Jarvi

Neeme Järvi’s sensibly paced but not all that wonderfully played Metamorphosen won’t win any awards, but his Aus Italien delivers the goods in spades, the

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American Fry

William Henry Fry (1813-64) was the first native-born American to write for large orchestral forces (and the first to compose a grand opera), and was

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Bruckner Tintner

Georg Tintner’s generally excellent survey of the complete Bruckner symphonies for Naxos reaches a peak with this exceptional performance of the Seventh. What makes Tintner

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Tintner Bruckner 00 C

This recording confirms Tintner’s stature as a Bruckner conductor in as convincing a manner as his recent, astounding recording of the Third Symphony, but for

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Alfven/Naxos C

This second installment in Naxos’ ongoing series of Alfvén symphonies is more successful than Volume One. It’s true that conductor Niklas Willén adds a couple

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Complete Symphonic Poems

Neeme Järvi’s performances of these sadly neglected (in performance at least) tone poems originally appeared in tandem with his complete symphony cycle, and they have

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