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Sibelius may not have written the flashiest piano music of his time, yet the stark beauty of his mature harmonic language and instinct for effective
Brahms’ duet arrangement of his Fourth Symphony finds Matthies and Köhn slightly below their best form. They seem to miss the first movement’s forest for
Antti Siirala, winner of the 2000 London International Piano Competition (not 2001 as the cover states), offers a debut recital centered around hyphenated Schubert. Franz
Recorded at Bayreuth in 1928 by English Columbia, this was the first attempt to get a complete Wagner opera onto discs. In fact, it’s hardly
James Judd and the Florida Philharmonic offer angular, taut readings of these Bernstein favorites. These somewhat refined interpretations sacrifice some of the “swing” element, particularly
In their recent excellent recording of Pictures at an Exhibition and other Mussorgsky goodies, the NSOU’s sometimes rough and ready sonority actually plays to the
American classical music didn’t really get hopping until Paris became Europe’s musical capital between the two World Wars, and Nadia Boulanger set herself up to
Naxos has made some very fine recordings in New Zealand, and some not so fine. Unfortunately this new release falls into the latter category. James
Gerald Finzi’s choral music never has achieved popularity on the level of works by composers such as Stanford, Vaughan Williams, or Elgar, and in general
If you’re having only one Amy Beach CD (and you should have at least one), let this be your choice. It’s a mystery why the
