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Alexander Tcherepnin was a very good composer, and his six […]
This is really delightful stuff. The Symphonic Prayer and Magna mater both contrast gentle chorale textures with inventive writing for brass and percussion, and come
Not all listeners warm to classical saxophonists’ smooth and seamless timbres, in contrast to the disparate individuality typifying great jazz artists. That said, Huw Wiggin’s
Erik Satie’s strange piano piece Vexations probably dates from around 1893 or 1894. It begins with a slowly moving 18-note theme. Then the theme repeats,
At eight discs for the price of three, this is
Like its predecessors, the fifth installment of Noriko Ogawa’s Debussy cycle generally reveals this pianist’s way with the composer to be easygoing, soft grained, and
BIS has taken on so many worthy projects over the years that it’s difficult to keep up with them. This cycle of Tcherepnin piano concertos
Although the fourth release in Noriko Ogawa’s solo Debussy cycle for BIS shares its three predecessors’ hit or miss qualities, it still offers much to
Hearing is believing. I have had occasion to praise these performances as individual issues, and now here they are together, at four CDs for the
Wow! Move over Stokowski! Kees Bakels and his Malaysian players go nuts in the last two minutes of the Russian Easter Overture, cutting the tempo
