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After the success of his first operas and symphonies, Aulis Sallinen settled into a style characterized by strongly colored instrumental gestures and long stretches consisting
Dutch composer Jan van Gilse (1881-1944) spent most of his career in Germany, until he was forced out by his opposition to Nazi anti-Semitism and
While generally believed to be among J.S. Bach’s least interesting composer sons, Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach apparently was quite capable of creating some excellent music,
Haydn’s Op. 20 string quartets may be the most important group of works in the history of Western music. Not only do they contain a
Brahms on period instruments is always an iffy proposition, not just because of the usual misunderstandings regarding string vibrato (there’s no question that orchestras used
The six violin concertos offered here are among 30 or so that Vivaldi dedicated to Anna Maria, one of his most gifted pupils who went
This allegorical poem to Louis XIV–he is praised as the “greatest gift of the heavens” by the opera’s close–should not by judged by its amazing
On evidence here, Henk Badings (1907-87) was a composer of considerable substance. His Second Symphony, in three movements, has the feel of Honegger/Hindemith in its
Wolf-Ferrari’s life (1876-1948) and career lasted almost exactly as long as that of Richard Strauss, and like his more famous contemporary he wrote a series
Joachim Raff’s Fourth Sonata “Chromatic” really is a find. A single movement lasting about a quarter of an hour, it has drama, arresting ideas, and
