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Theodore Kuchar

  • Pál Hermann’s music revived, thanks to Toccata Classics

    Jun 10th, 2021 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: CD Review, Classical music, Clive Greensmith, contemporary classical music, Kateryna Poteriaieva, Lviv International Symphony Orchestra, Noteworthy Release, Pál Hermann, Sofia Soloviy, Theodore Kuchar, Toccata Classics

    When I saw the title for this release, I thought I might want to review it. When I read the subtitle, I knew I had to review it. I’d never heard of Pál Hermann, and I’m always looking for new composers to discover. But “Complete Surviving Music?” What did that mean? What did it survive? […]

  • Solomiya Ivakhiv Double Concerto Project spans labels

    Mar 30th, 2020 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Antonio Pompa-Baldi, Brilliant Classics, CD Review, Centaur, Classical music, Concerto, Felix Mendelssohn, Franz Joseph Haydn, Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Romantic period, Slovak National Symphony Orchestra, Solomiya Ivakhiv, Theodore Kuchar

    This is something unusual — a recording series spread across different labels. Violinist Solmiya Ivakhiv and pianist Antonio Pompa-Baldi wanted to record the double concertos of Haydn and Mendelssohn. While preparing, they discovered two other neglected works. Johann Nepomuk Hummel, a contemporary of Haydn, had also written a double concerto for violin and piano. And […]

  • Walter Saul a welcome discovery

    Dec 16th, 2015 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: CD Review, Concerto, contemporary classical music, James Buswell, National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, Naxos, Orchestral music, Rong-Huey Liu, Theodore Kuchar, Walter Saul

    I have to admit I’d not heard of American composer Walter Saul before this CD landed on my desk. I’m glad it did. Saul’s music has a directness to it that I find refreshing. Saul writes in a post-tonal style that’s extremely accessible, yet avoids triteness and cliche. Case in point, Saul’s 1992 Christmas Symphony. […]

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