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Alexander Grechaninov composed his Symphony No. 5 in 1936 in Paris, where he lived before emigrating to the United States, where the work was premiered
Nicholas Unwin manages to squeeze all four books of Albéniz’s Iberia onto one CD, while all three Alicia De Laroccha versions spill over to a
Yan Pascal Tortelier begins with a glittering, atmospheric, and finely detailed Rapsodie espagnole, but not everything in this recital achieves similar distinction. Alborada del gracioso
Gerd Albrecht and the Danish National Radio Symphony offer an oddly low-calorie dish of Wagner orchestral works, one with slimmed down textures, thinned-toned brass, and
Any new series of Haydn symphonies should excite keen interest among music lovers, and Richard Hickox offers some fine things. His period instrument band, Collegium
Chandos’ typically enterprising decision to couple Schumann’s four symphonies with his four late, virtually unknown choral ballads saves this release from being labeled unnecessarily redundant.
Starting with The Valkyrie, Chandos launches its long-awaited edition of the English National Opera’s live Ring Cycle from the 1970s, conducted by Reginald Goodall and
This is a re-release from Leif Segerstam’s early 1990s complete Mahler cycle that featured big-hearted, intense, large-scale interpretations supported by committed, full-throated playing by the
Tortelier’s Ravel hasn’t gotten the recognition that it perhaps deserves, largely on account of the fact that the Ulster Orchestra isn’t a world-class ensemble on
Hubert Parry’s shorter orchestral works avoid the tedium of his far-flung oratorios while being more formally free than his symphonies. The Symphonic Variations of 1897
