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With the exception of the Pavane, this program gathers together some of Fauré’s lesser known piano works. Pierre-Alain Volondat explores two sides of the French
Many things come to mind when considering the great flowering of the arts during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, among them the plays and
No listener can claim to know the mind of any performer, especially on a recording. However, it’s safe to say that the members of the
Finnish/Swedish composer and clarinet virtuoso Bernhard Crusell (1775-1838) was responsible for a number of fine compositions in the late Classical style typified by musicians such
The late Elie Siegmeister fused plaintive blues, spiky rhythms, imposing chordal mobiles, and bare-boned registral shifts. Clotting dissonances enliven the composer’s rugged canvasses like a
In November, 1931, 15-year-old Yehudi Menuhin made his first recording with an orchestra. He remade the Bruch G minor Concerto several times since, but these
Although piano music occupies a side position in Rautavaara’s vast output, his works for this instrument throw an interesting light on his stylistic evolution. If
When we think of popular violin recital bon-bons, we most likely recall names such as Kreisler, Paganini, Sarasate, Dvorak, or Wieniawski. But as this entertaining
One can’t praise Naxos enough for its ongoing traversal of Domenico Scarlatti’s 555 keyboard sonatas. This variegated constellation deserves to be widely available in full,
The Third Symphony is Alexander Glazunov’s largest, particularly apparent in a performance as expansive as this one, but it’s also one of his more persuasive
