Villa-Lobos Villa-Lobos Violin Sonatas ... in a sense a South American Schubert, music just flowed out of Villa-Lobos
Stravinsky Ballets Russes from Roth Rediscover Stravinsky's seminal ballets on authentic instruments; discover some new friends in "Les Orientales"
Cello Voyage: Christine J. Lee and Henry Karmer's exceptional journey After the Chandos disc of American Quintets [https://www.classicalexplorer.com/american-quintets-music-by-beach-price-and-barber/] - which included Samuel Barber's Dover Beach - it seems a good idea to use some more Barber as a launching-off point for exploration. This time, it's the Cello Sonata which, in the secure
20th Century Folksongs à la Berio; plus Berio meets the Beatles! If you haven't heard the Berio Folksongs, now is the time ...
20th Century Robert Simpson's Fifth and Sixth Symphonies Robert Simpson's symphonies have long had a small but die-hard following who, rightly, believed in their greatness ...
Opera Es gibt ein Reich: Ariadne auf Naxos in Vienna An act of pure joy as well as compositional virtuosity, Richard Strauss' opera Ariadne auf Naxos almost guarantees enjoyment
Clarinet Caprices & Laments A great combination of pieces, brilliantly performed with great understading
Choral The Dead in the Square: Allan Pettersson's Twelfth Symphony If you like Stravinsky Symphony of Psalms, Orff Carmina Burana, the Nordic symphonists in general or Shostakovich's Thirteenth Symphony, 'Babi Yar,' and perhaps even Prokofiev's Alexander Nevsky, you'll most likely love this
20th Century Sing like a Nightingale: Vagn Holmboe and the string quartet The virtuosity demonstrated by the Nightingale Quartet is astonishing. Recommended.
Americana My Father Knew Charles Ives: The Music of John Adams Those champions of new American music, the Nashville Symphony and Giancarlo Guerrero, turn their attention to the music of John Adams (born 1947; not to be confused with the composer John Luther Adams). Regular readers of Classical Explorer might wish to see this post as a logical extension of our
Orchestral More than an Iron Foundry: the music of Alexander Mosolov If you were expecting gritty dissonances with this disc, you'll be disappointed: it is full of fascination and, yes, joy
Strings Plaisirs illuminés: Camerata Bern delivers a sensational programme Fans of the music of Bartók who wonder what to listen to next need look no further than fellow Hungarian Sándor Veress' Musica concertante per 12 archi (Concertante music for twelve strings). Veress (1907-1992) was a student of both Bartók and Kodály; he taught the major Hungarian composers Ligeti
