BIS

Vänskä’s Kullervo Remake: Nothing New, Bad Marketing

David Hurwitz

Osmo Vänskä recorded a superb Kullervo Symphony in Lahti–indeed, that was and remains a reference version. It featured a particularly brave, because very slow but

Major Discoveries: Leifs’ Very Approachable Edda Part 1

David Hurwitz

It’s been a long time coming, but it was worth

To access this content you must login to your Insider account, or purchase a subscription for $5 monthly, or $49 annually.

Jón Leifs: Start Here

David Hurwitz

Jón Leifs’ music tends to extremes: of volume, ensemble size,

To access this content you must login to your Insider account, or purchase a subscription for $5 monthly, or $49 annually.

Neschling’s “Meh” Version Of Respighi’s “Meh” Symphony

David Hurwitz

Respighi’s Sinfonia Drammatica has been recorded three times (at least): Nazareth on Naxos with the Slovak Philharmonic; Downes on Chandos with the BBC Philharmonic; and

An Attractive French Violin Recital

Jed Distler

Violinist Christian Svarfvar first caught my attention with his intimately idiomatic interpretations of the three Grieg sonatas, released in 2013 on the Sterling label, a

New York Polyphony’s Roman Masses

David Vernier

Before New York Polyphony there was the Hilliard Ensemble, a male vocal quartet that performed similar repertoire, from early music to modern; in fact, this

Vänskä Finishes Not-So-Hot Minnesota Sibelius Cycle

David Hurwitz

After a long, stupid, and debilitating strike, the Minnesota Orchestra is back sounding basically as it did previously, which means very good. That doesn’t mean