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During the 1887-1888 season when Gustav Mahler was the second conductor at the Leipzig Opera, he began to write his Symphony No. 1 in D Major....

As with the above Mendelssohn and Schubert coupling, we have on this recording two of Richard Strauss’s beloved tone poems that are often found sharing a...


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Without going to the trouble of actually documenting the statistics, I think it would be safe to say that this music is as oft recorded, especially...

Available at CD Baby, CD Universe, and Amazon as audio CD or download. Pianist Renée Reznek is a new name to me and given the somewhat...

Independently issued CD, available at CD Baby, CD Universe, and Ensemble Gaudior’s website. This new recording was made to exhibit the glories of the St. Luke...

In 1935, Josef Peter Heinzer was born to a cabinetmaker and his wife in Stein am Rhein, Switzerland. Growing up, the young man studied cabinet making...


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Here is music that is tonal, fragmented, complete, fascinating, moving, and complex. It is music that sounds like bits and pieces of other composers you’ve heard,...

This is one of those strange CDs that draw you in due to odd cover art and unusual programming but give you zero indication as to...

The only composer on this disc I haven’t encountered before is Jenni Brandon, so let me begin with the unfamiliar. Brandon (b. 1977) is an award-winning,...

If the saxophone appeals to you, as it does to me, then here is a patisserie of saxophone confections for you to savor. I use the...

Although her recordings were previously reviewed in Fanfare , pianist Rosa Antonelli is a new name to me. According to the biographical notes included in the...

Maria Bachman’s and Adam Neiman’s recital of French violin sonatas begins where many would end: with the encore. But since Beau soir preceded these works, at...