August 2009
Siegmeister Chamber Works – Early American Modernism Reconsidered
Elie Siegmeister: Chamber and Vocal Works Gasparo GSS 2008 I confess to approaching this disc with more…
Sibelius Symphonies and Tone Poems by Berglund
SIBELIUS: Complete Symphonies and Miscellaneous Works Paavo Berglund/Helsinki Philharmonic, Bournemouth Symphony EMI 5 74485 2 (8 CDs)…
Sibelius and Grieg Quartets – New Helsinki Ensemble
Sibelius and Grieg String Quartets New Helsinki String Quartet Warner Apex 0927–40601–2 [72:57] The New Helsinki String…
Sibelius String Works – Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra
Sibelius in Miniature—and in Finnish WARNER APEX 09274 06072 (76:23) Here’s a curious thing: some composers write…
Shostakovich Symphony No 8 – Jansons and Pittsburgh
Jansons and Pittsburgh in Shostakovich’s Eighth: A Monument to Circumstance This is a strange disc—strange in its…
Schumann Symphonies 1 and 4 – Thielemann Channels Furtwängler
Schumann: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 4 Philharmonia Orchestra / Christian Thielemann DG 469 700–2 [68:48] There’s an…
Schubert Wanderer Fantasy – Leonskaja 1988
SCHUBERT: Wandererfantasie; Piano Sonata in G major, D. 894 Elisabeth Leonskaja, piano Deutsche Grammophon The late recordings…