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Major Discoveries: Madetoja’s Masterful Second Symphony

David Hurwitz

Leevi Madetoja composed his magnificent Second Symphony in 1918, during […]

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Lame Prokofiev from Oramo

David Hurwitz

Let’s not mince words. This disc is a featureless non-happening. Having both the Fifth and Sixth symphonies together on a single disc sounds enticing, and

Rautavaara Works for Children’s Choir

David Vernier

In the grand history of choral music, writing specifically for children’s choir is something top-rank composers have taken to only relatively recently. Benjamin Britten was

Selim Palmgren: “Chopin of the North”

David Hurwitz

Selim Palmgren (1878-1951) wrote hundreds of piano pieces, and the best of them certainly deserve to be heard more frequently. He met Busoni during the

Major Discoveries: Enescu Symphony No. 2 from Ondine

David Hurwitz

Here’s an important, adventurous release. Enescu’s Second Symphony, composed around

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Reference Recording: Segerstam’s Sibelius Lemminkäinen “Symphony”

David Hurwitz

Yes, this work is a symphony, at least as much

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Véronique Gens Dazzles in Berlioz and Ravel

David Hurwitz

This is an absolutely wonderful program. Of course Les Nuits d’été and Shéhérazade are old discmates, most famously on an outstanding disc featuring the late,