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Haydn considered this work, originally an orchestral piece interspersed with appropriate Gospel readings and sermons, one of his most successful. So successful in fact that
Writing this review is somewhat like preaching to the converted. All who already are interested in 17th century programatic violin virtuosity won’t hesitate in acquiring
Giya Kancheli often reminds me of a sort of Georgian Alan Pettersson: his music generally expresses sorrow and lamentation either loudly or softly, with nothing
The trouble comes when you try to classify these pieces, to orient them to a time and place, a style, a genre. While all are
Take three important works, one superb violist, one sympathetic conductor and orchestra, add fresh, vibrant sound, and you wind up with a treasurable disc that
András Schiff’s Wanderer Fantasy gives us a kinder, gentler Schubert than the intense, driven composer of Sviatoslav Richter’s classic EMI recording. Richter is full of
Composed between 1950 and 1952, Jean Barraqué’s Piano Sonata might be regarded as the serialist manifesto that wasn’t. Its uncompromising structural parameters and bleak sound
Of the Eastern European symphonists, the 40-year-old Estonian Erkki-Sven Tüür thus far appears to be among the most original, resourceful, and the least self indulgent.
In Yasmina Reza’s popular play Art, a friendship among three men goes into crisis when one of them purchases a plain white painting that he
Its title comes from a mystical poem by Friedrich Hölderlin, the liner booklet is full of pictures from Ingmar Bergman’s The Seventh Seal, and the
