
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
Nils (later Geirr) Tveitt (1908-81) remains one of the Cinderella figures of 20th-century Scandinavian music, chiefly because this highly prolific artist lost most of his
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
Once again Naxos pulls a rabbit out of its hat with this gorgeous release of Alan Rawsthorne’s music (with two world premieres yet). Rawsthorne (1905-71)
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
This edition of Bruckner’s First Symphony purports to be the “really original” Linz version, though the differences between it and what we know as the
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
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
This disc arrived just a day after Georg Tintner’s tragic death from an 11-story fall off the balcony of his home. Fortunately for Naxos, he
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