Mostly Symphonies
Mostly Symphonies 19.
Despite a US sojourn which included scoring a few Disney films, Dessau remains obscure outside of East Germany, his home from 1948 until his death in 1979.
Mostly Symphonies 19.
Despite a US sojourn which included scoring a few Disney films, Dessau remains obscure outside of East Germany, his home from 1948 until his death in 1979.
Mostly Symphonies 18.
The late 18th-century American musical experience during the Washington, J. Adams and Jefferson presidencies would have included medleys alternating popular tunes and Continental fare.
Mostly Symphonies 18.
The late 18th-century American musical experience during the Washington, J. Adams and Jefferson presidencies would have included medleys alternating popular tunes and Continental fare.
Mostly Symphonies 17.
Other Thirds — in any version — made little impression until now. But then again, the Wagner nods pass unnoticed.
Mostly Symphonies 17.
Other Thirds — in any version — made little impression until now. But then again, the Wagner nods pass unnoticed.
Mostly Symphonies 16.
A central instigator in the Wiener Aktionismus movement, Nitsch has been celebrated and vilified for events involving paint-splattering, animal disembowelment and nudity.
Mostly Symphonies 16.
A central instigator in the Wiener Aktionismus movement, Nitsch has been celebrated and vilified for events involving paint-splattering, animal disembowelment and nudity.
Mostly Symphonies 15.
As Gardiner tells it, Brahms was not the progressive Schoenberg thought he was.
Mostly Symphonies 15.
As Gardiner tells it, Brahms was not the progressive Schoenberg thought he was.
Mostly Symphonies 14.
Independently wealthy Gouvy wrote amiable, conservative symphonies while the rest of France dallied with operas and ballets. As one would expect, he had more successes in Germany.
Mostly Symphonies 14.
Independently wealthy Gouvy wrote amiable, conservative symphonies while the rest of France dallied with operas and ballets. As one would expect, he had more successes in Germany.
Mostly Symphonies 13. / Italian Vacation 8.
Well before Rota hit his stride as film scorer, he wrote two symphonies in the late 1930s, sparkling quasi-Romantic works in traditional four-movement design.
Mostly Symphonies 13. / Italian Vacation 8.
Well before Rota hit his stride as film scorer, he wrote two symphonies in the late 1930s, sparkling quasi-Romantic works in traditional four-movement design.
Mostly Symphonies 12: Russian Angles
These two scores for films by Elem Klimov are wonderful discoveries… Both scores run rampant over moods and styles, and some may find the electric guitars and Esquivel-like flourishes a bit campy.
Mostly Symphonies 12: Russian Angles
These two scores for films by Elem Klimov are wonderful discoveries… Both scores run rampant over moods and styles, and some may find the electric guitars and Esquivel-like flourishes a bit campy.
Mostly Symphonies 11.
This revealing 2007 compilation reaches back to recordings from 1966-67 and 1983-84, which opened a largely neglected chapter of Czech music.
Mostly Symphonies 11.
This revealing 2007 compilation reaches back to recordings from 1966-67 and 1983-84, which opened a largely neglected chapter of Czech music.
Allan Pettersson’s Greatest Hits
For some, it may simply be enough to know that there’s a Scandinavian composer straddling Romantic and modern styles who thought his work was being suppressed and who wrote long and depressive symphonies, often deliberately ugly, despite fleeting moments of beauty.
Allan Pettersson’s Greatest Hits
For some, it may simply be enough to know that there’s a Scandinavian composer straddling Romantic and modern styles who thought his work was being suppressed and who wrote long and depressive symphonies, often deliberately ugly, despite fleeting moments of beauty.
Mostly Symphonies 10.
Eventually, Alexander Raskatov brought three movements to light from Schnittke’s illegible sketches, and offered his own Nunc dimittis as a concluding gesture.
Mostly Symphonies 10.
Eventually, Alexander Raskatov brought three movements to light from Schnittke’s illegible sketches, and offered his own Nunc dimittis as a concluding gesture.
Mostly Symphonies 9.
Bursting like firecrackers, Solbiati’s two symphonies strike the listener as difficult works born of equally hard labor.
Mostly Symphonies 9.
Bursting like firecrackers, Solbiati’s two symphonies strike the listener as difficult works born of equally hard labor.