

The South Korean composer Young Jo Lee (born 1943) presently teaches composition at the Korean National University of the Arts in Seoul, having studied in

Unlike most collections of “British light music”, which allow American listeners to discover gems written by relatively unknown composers, this one contains some delightful trifles

Well, you can’t say The Lindsays, as they like to be called these days, don’t have a distinctive sound. Whether it’s right for Haydn is

The German/Austrian School of Romanticism allegedly died with the Arnold Schoenberg revolution, but in reality it flourished in the hands of composers like Korngold, Zemlinsky,

Soprano Mary Carewe has a voice and some excellent–and rarely heard–songs to sing. She and her group Blue Noise and arranger/pianist Philip Mayers plunge us

There are two primary purposes for a recording: to document and, in the strict sense, to entertain. This very well sung and vividly recorded program

The Royal Ballet Sinfonia is making a specialty of recording British Light Music, having released a previous CD of music from this genre on ASV,

Ernesto Halffter spent the better part of his life completing his teacher Manuel de Falla’s Atlantida, and this ongoing effort completely eclipsed his own creative

This intelligently programmed CD makes clear that when it comes to Korngold, Austria’s loss was truly Hollywood’s gain. ASV’s new recording of orchestral music from

Most listeners hear a strong Handelian influence in the music of William Boyce. It’s not surprising since at the time the much younger Boyce rose
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