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Christoph Eschenbach usually does pain and angst particularly well, so you would think that Shostakovich would be right up his alley. Not so. Yes, he
This final disc in Christoph Eschenbach’s Roussel cycle turns out to be disappointing. It contains the composer’s most famous work, the Third Symphony, in a
If you’re only interested in a single disc of Joonas Kokkonen’s music, then let this be the one. It contains three out-and-out masterpieces, stunningly played
It’s interesting how the sound of the male voice in Sibelius’ songs tends to highlight the music’s heroic and edgy qualities. This is especially so
Panufnik’s music seems to be getting little attention since his death in 1991, and it’s not hard to understand why. Writers on the composer tend
The most wonderful thing about Rautavaara’s songs is that no matter what the technical basis of his compositional method, he understands that “song” means an
The music of Kaija Saariaho certainly does not lack for seriousness or haughty purpose: the works on this disc are “about” obscure French poetry, the
Finnish soprano Soile Isokoski has a solid technique and a beautiful voice that gleams brightly at the top and is evenly produced, but it lacks
Christoph Eschenbach presents the Tchaikovsky Fourth’s opening fanfare in a grand, stately manner that brings to mind the triumphal march from Verdi’s Aida. It’s impressive,
This disc has a lot going for it. The new organ in Philadelphia’s Orchestra Hall, the inaugural concert of which is enshrined on this disc,
