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Bach’s Six Suites for Solo Cello stand at the pinnacle of the repertoire, and every cellist has to confront them. The problems they pose–both technical
When writing for guitar Toru Takemitsu managed to make his free-floating runs, prismatic chord clusters, and sparsely populated textures fit snugly and naturally within the
While the music of Scottish composer James MacMillan (b. 1959) shows the clear influence of 20th century modernism, his heart and soul remain strongly allied
Listening to the Art of Fugue, Bach’s last (and unfinished) work, never has been the easiest musical pleasure: it is a thing of glory, but
Haukur Tomasson (b. 1960 in Iceland) is one of a generation of young composers who is successfully mixing of some of the atonal collage techniques
Finnish composer Kalevi Aho’s Fourth Symphony (1972) contains, in its three movements, elements both typical of his early work and prophetic of things to come.
Here’s an imaginative and effective recital of piano music inspired by Christmas images and all manner of bells. The program’s centerpiece is Liszt’s Weinachtsbaum cycle,
Ensemble Ambrosius specializes in contemporary music written or arranged for Baroque instruments. Their latest victim: Frank Zappa. I never imagined that Zappa’s uniquely unclassifiable pop/classical
This is the second and last volume in BIS’ series of the apprentice compositions of Jean Sibelius for violin and piano, which date from 1884
Juhani Nuorvala (born in Finland in 1961) is of a generation of young composers still in search of a voice. They know all the tricks
