
This new Christmas recording from the male vocal quartet New York Polyphony treads a traditional path–organizing the program sequentially according to the Christian church calendar
This is one of those series that has been flying
The second volume in what one hopes will be a complete Brahms piano music cycle from Jonathan Plowright charges from the starting gate with engines
Jón Leifs’ music is a world unto itself, and the
Wilhelm Stenhammar’s Serenade is unquestionably an orchestral masterpiece, one of
Estonian composer Eino Tamberg (b. 1930) is the real deal–a
Writing a 65-minute piece for band (and extended percussion) presents no small challenge, one that John Pickard has approached thoughtfully, if perhaps not entirely successfully.
London Baroque offers another installment in its ongoing European Trio Sonata series, this time devoted to 18th-century Italy; as with the ensemble’s previous efforts the
There’s a long tradition of transcribing/arranging string quartets for string
Osmo Vänskä’s 1999 recording of the four Lemminkäinen legends was a rare disappointment, both interpretively and sonically. BIS knew it, and so the label has