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Naxos’ triumphant march through Poulenc’s complete chamber music continues with this latest release containing, among a host of smaller items, a smashing performance of the
Serge Koussevitsky was a champion of modern music, commissioning, among many other important works, two of the most popular orchestral showpieces in the repertoire: Bartók’s
This exceptional new recording accomplishes many things at once: it brings a fine American orchestra to disc for the first time on a major label;
Warning! Too much sugar is hazardous to your health. So is too much cutesy-pie music by Mozart. Well, at least we think it’s by Mozart
Edouard Lalo’s early training as a cellist reveals itself throughout his two principal works for the instrument. The Sonata is all but unplayed and rarely
For a time, Tchaikovsky’s string quartets seemed unjustifiably consigned to the far corners of the repertory. While they may not be exemplars of Beethovenian classicism
Don’t expect an undiscovered masterpiece in Sigismund Thalberg’s F minor Piano Concerto. Instead, let your ears revel in its quaint tunes and digital fireworks, served
Arturo Toscanini programmed Schubert’s richly inventive Second Symphony three times during his seventeen years directing the NBC symphony, although he never recorded it commercially. Both
Morton Gould’s music has not lacked for champions (curiously enough one was the great Greek maestro and advocate of “difficult” 20th century music, Dimitri Mitropoulos),
Here’s a lovely disc for a rainy day. The Irish Rhapsody is a charmer, a delightful collection of good tunes very much in the tradition
