Plus we review a rare piano concerto by Ralph Vaughan Williams, a disc of even rarer string orchestra works by the post-war Polish composer Grażyna Bacewicz, a fresh coupling of the Debussy and Ravel ...

A composer writes the notes; musicians play the notes. That's the current arrangement in the world of classical music, but it wasn't always so. Bach, Beethoven and Mozart were great composers, but ...

Shopping on a budget for the holidays this year? I'm always on the lookout for recordings that are pleasing to the ears and the pocketbook. Think about several things when shopping for budget-priced ...

Amazon mp3: $11.5 | Amazon CD: $13 | ArkivMusic: $17 | Qobuz: £12 - £16 (Hi-Res) | iTunes mp3: $11 Alexei Lubimov is the Janus-headed among pianists. One of the few pianists with two complete and ...

Seven Days is 30, and we need your help to celebrate. With your donation, we’ll stay on track, delivering rigorous reporting on Vermont news and culture. The observation is not just Orgel’s. There is ...

This disc’s sleeve note suggests that Kabalevsky’s Cello Concerto No. 2 “owes an obvious debt to the composer’s colleague and one-time neighbour Dmitri Shostakovich”. It does indeed, several passages ...

When I looked through all the “Best Classical Recordings of 2017” lists for my “Meta List: The Best-Of-Best-Of The Year In Classical Music”, there were plenty predictable choices I came along, some ...

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In 1996, American composer john Adams wrote a whirligig of a piece called "Scratchband." In its short running time, woodwinds and brass chase each other through thrashing figures so drunk on high ...