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Until he arrived in Vienna in 1716, Venetian-born Antonio Caldara (1670-1736) was one of early 18th-century Italy’s most prominent opera composers and freelance cellists. However,
Poulenc’s piano music contains three principal elements: dry, toccata-like brittleness, salon-like frivolity, and sex. In case you have any doubt about this last quality, check
This enjoyable concert gets off to a bracing start with the August Söderman piece, its raucous fanfares and rhythms reminiscent of those in Rossini’s William
This first installment in Naxos’ complete Martinu quartet cycle couldn’t be more auspicious. After all, if the Martinu Quartet can’t play Martinu’s quartets, then who
Sometimes, when a performance doesn’t seem to go just right on CD, one’s bad impression is not caused by any one weakness but is occasioned
This is an incredibly beautiful CD, one that will surely be played repeatedly around here. The repertoire is mostly for string orchestra and every piece
This 68 minutes of excerpts from Puccini’s first great success is an excellent introduction to the opera. We get most of the music for Manon
Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer may not have been a great composer, but he was an important one, not least because his Ariadne musica–20 preludes and
Luc Beauséjour’s appealing traversal of Johann Casper Ferdinand Fischer’s Musical Parnassus concludes with the final three of its nine suites, each dedicated to one of
What a wonderful discovery this CD presents, and what an important addition it is to Naxos’ American Classics series! Most listeners only know Howard Hanson
