
The art of transcription is a difficult one. Many pieces resist the passage from one instrumental sphere to another. Although Anders Miolin may be a
In the main, Markku Luolajan-Mikkola and Miklós Spányi offer steady, conscientious, and slightly self-effacing renditions of Bach’s three viola da gamba sonatas. The disc opens
Haydn’s piano music remains terra incognita among many pianists and music lovers, despite the fact that his achievement for keyboard solo is both more voluminous
Nikos Skalkottas produced his abundant compositional legacy in virtual obscurity. Even some of his close colleagues and family members had no idea he was a
Max Reger’s Wagner arrangements for two pianos lack the coloristic variety of the orchestral originals, yet they make it possible for the composer’s motivic complexities
This disc offers a very mixed bag, despite the obvious attraction of having all of this music on a single CD. José Serebrier encourages the
A true citizen of the world, Alexander Tcherepnin was exposed to many influences, including the Russian Romantics, Stravinsky and the French Impressionists, Chinese and Asian
This collection, some of it new, some reissued, demonstrates yet again that there is no finer composer alive today than Finnish master Einojuhani Rautavaara. His
Kaikhosru Sorabji’s Opus Clavicembalisicum is arguably the longest non-repetitive piano composition ever published. Modeled on Busoni’s Fantasia Contrappuntistica, OC’s structure encompasses, among other things, two
Nikos Skalkottas is one of the very few composers who managed to create successful tonal and atonal works at the same time. This disc contains