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The rationale behind this unique program goes beyond the usual mixing a “big name” with a lesser-known composer to bolster CD sales. Sally Beamish’s String
Édouard Lalo is one of those composers that you really want to like. His masterpiece, the ballet Namouna, is a wonderful, colorful, tuneful score, as
Olav Anton Thommessen has made a career writing works based on older music, not in the sense of, say, Stravinsky’s Pulcinella, in which the model
Sofia Gubaidulina takes herself terribly seriously. Neither of her two most-admired composers, Webern and Shostakovich, are exactly laugh-a-minute types, although Shostakovich might have suggested some
This grab-bag assortment of pieces does a little bit of necessary house-cleaning as BIS prepares to finish its complete Sibelius edition. It appears that Neeme
Einar Englund’s music might not be as deeply original as that of his elder countryman Sibelius, but it is wonderful, beautifully made music nonetheless. The
Brazilian composer Claudio Santoro (1919-89) ranges all over the place stylistically. His Fourth Symphony sounds recognizably American, with shades of Copland or Carlos Chavez. It
This somewhat randomly assembled collection (I don’t get the album title at all) includes two novelties well worth having if you haven’t heard them: the
For digital clarity and sparkle, Noriko Ogawa holds her own among numerous competing artists who’ve recorded Debussy’s Preludes Book 2. She plays best when the
If you liked Karl Weigl’s Fifth, then you’ll certainly enjoy his Sixth, though it strikes me as a marginally less interesting work overall. The music
