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  • Lucie Bartholomäi crushes it with female

    Apr 7th, 2021 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Amy Beach, CD Review, Chamber music, Clara Schumann, Classical music, Gunuin Classics, Louise Farrenc, Lucie Bartholomäi, Rebecca Clarke, Verena Louis

    The sale sheet for this release list three unique selling points: 1) Debut CD 2) Very young artist 3) Repertoire exclusively by female composers Only the last point captured my interest. And when I researched the release, I discovered they omitted a compelling fourth: the entire project was crowdfunded. Personally, I think this debut release […]

  • Early Music by Walter Braunfels Promising

    Apr 6th, 2021 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Capriccio, CD Review, Classical music, Gregor Buhl, Orchestral music, ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Walter Braunfels

    For their ninth release of music by Walter Braunfels, Capriccio concentrates on some of his earlier music. Braunfels had the misfortune to fall between two stools. Before WWII, he was considered too modern (by the Nazis), and after the war, too conservative by everyone else. Listening to a century after the fact, I think his […]

  • Anton Schweitzer sacred music resurrected

    Apr 5th, 2021 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Anton Schweitzer, Capriccio, CD Review, choral music, Gernot Süssmuth, Henriette Godde, Mirella Hagen, Stephan Scherpe, Thüringer Bach Collegium, Tobias Berndt

    So who was Anton Schweitzer? Born in 1735, he was a child prodigy who enjoyed the patronage of the Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen. The duke paid for his education and made him Kapellmeister of his court orchestra. When the orchestra was disbanded, Schweitzer hit the road with a theatrical troupe. Most of his surviving compositions are […]

  • Johann Mayr Messa di Gloria – forgotten, but not forgettable

    Mar 31st, 2021 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Anna Feith, CD Review, choral music, Classical music, Concerto de Bassus, Dorota Szczepanska, Elia Merguet, Fanz Zhi, Franz Hauk, Freya Apffelstaedt, Johann Simon Mayr, Maria Grazia Insam, Markus Schafer, Naxos, Simon Mayr Chorus, Thomas Stimmel

    If maestro Frank Hauk had his way, Johann Simon Mayr would be known for more than just being Gaetano Donizetti’s music teacher. Mayr, in his day, was a major figure. He wrote 19 masses, 57 symphonies, over 70 operas — most of which are now all but forgotten. Is Mayr’s music forgettable? Hauk would disagree. […]

  • Christoph Graupner Easter Cantatas intimate and effective

    Mar 25th, 2021 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Baroque music, Capriccio, CD Review, choral music, Christian Bonath, Christoph Graupner, Classical music, Jan Nerlitschka, Johannes Hill, Pulchra Musica Baroque Orchestra, Sebastian Hubner

    Christoph Graupner wrote over 1,400 sacred cantatas. So there’s a lot to choose from — even for an album of just Easter cantatas. Christian Bonath has done a superb job programming a set of Holy Week cantatas that span decades of Graupner’s output. And each one receives a recording world premiere. Just to run down […]

  • Paul Wranitzky Orchestral Works worth a listen

    Mar 23rd, 2021 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: CD Review, Classical music, Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice, Marek Stilec, Naxos, Orchestral music, Paul Wranitzky

    Sure — Mozart, Haydn, and Beethoven were the major figures in 1800s Vienna. But they were the only ones. Vienna was the center of the musical world, and talent came from all over. Like Paul Wranitzky from Moravia. He and his brother Anton found fame and fortune in Vienna. In the 1790s he contacted both […]

  • New release celebrates individual voice of Elisabetta Brusa

    Mar 22nd, 2021 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: CD Review, Classical music, contemporary classical music, Daniele Rustioni, Elisabeta Brusa, Naxos, Orchestral music, Ulster Orchestra

    This installment in Naxos’ series features two works by Elisabetta Brusa: her second symphony, and “Simply Largo.” These are the same performers that recorded her first symphony in Volume Three, and the quality remains high. The Ulster Orchestra has a full yet open ensemble sound. The soloists (if not great) are very good, and Daniele […]

  • Hymns of Kassiani – history’s first woman composer

    Mar 18th, 2021 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Alexander Lingas, Cappella Records, Cappella Romana, CD Review, choral music, Classical music, early music, Kassia, Noteworthy Release, SACD

    Pop quiz: who’s the earliest female composer you can think of? Chances are, it’s Hildegarde von Bingen. Although her star has risen from obscurity, she’s not the earliest, or perhaps, the most important. That honor belongs to Kassiani, or Kassia (c.810-c.865). Kassia’s career had some significant differences with Hildegard von Bingen, who was born two […]

  • Pancho Vladigerov String Concertos true masterworks

    Mar 17th, 2021 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Alexander Vladigerov, Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Capriccio, CD Review, Classical music, Concerto, contemporary classical music, Pancho Vladigerov

    Capriccio continues their reissue of Pancho Vladigerov recordings with his collected string concertos. Though these recordings were originally done in the 1970s, they all sound quite good in this release. The sound, though a little soft, still has plenty of detail. And that’s especially important for this volume. Pancho Vladigerov defined Bulgarian classical music. His […]

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