
This CD takes us on the proverbial journey from “darkness to light”. Starting with Elgar’s gloomy Cello Concerto (the lugubrious first movement has me envisioning
Hearing this disc brought to mind the immortal words of Mussolini: “It’s not difficult to rule the Italians, it’s just pointless.” Well, here we have
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet is such a good pianist that anything he
Two caveats for prospective customers: One is that Earl Wild
When Malcolm Williamson died in 2003, the musical world scarcely
There’s no question that John Storgards has thought through his
Turina’s music is so beautiful and so enjoyable that I wish I could welcome this disc with more enthusiasm. It has some rarities in the
There’s a certain honesty to Kurt Atterberg’s music that’s really very fetching. His harmony is resolutely diatonic and romantic: when it’s major it’s happy, when
Norway is a gorgeous country, and it’s no surprise that
The virtues of the first three-CD set that launched Jean