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On evidence her [...] Read Review » * PETTERSSON’S COMPLETE SONGS FROM BIS Listeners familiar with Allan Pettersson’s monomanical and bleakly obsessive symphonies will be surprised at the plain-spoken quality of his art songs, all of which date from early in the composer� [...] Read Review » * HINDEMITH’S WIND SONATAS Paul Hindemith’s wind sonatas are concise and well-crafted compositions, all typical of the classically oriented pan-tonal style that the composer crystallized from roughly the mid-1930s onward. The [...] Read Review » LATEST MUSIC REVIEWS HINDEMITH’S WIND SONATAS by Jed Distler Paul Hindemith’s wind sonatas are concise and well-crafted compositions, all typical of the classically oriented pan-tonal style that the composer crystallized from roughly the mid-1930s onward. They’re arguably more familiar to instrumentalists than to listeners, which is all the more reason for Les Vents Français... 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Continue Reading CLAUDIO SANTORO’S BOLD FIFTH AND SEVENTH SYMPHONIES by David Hurwitz Claudio Santoro (1919-89) composed fourteen symphonies over the course of about fifty years, making him one of the most noteworthy twentieth-century Brazilian composers in large forms. On evidence here, they are uneven in quality, with the problems occurring when you might expect–in the larger, more... Continue Reading BIG BOXES: ”DER KNA” IN OPERA by Jed Distler Eloquence’s Hans Knappertsbusch Opera Edition brings together all of the conductor’s complete opera and vocal recital releases for Decca, Philips, and Westminster in new masterings by Chris Bernauer and Mark Obert-Thorn. Since much of this material has previously appeared on CD and was duly covered... Continue Reading BIG BOXES: “DER KNA” ORCHESTRAL EDITION by Jed Distler Intermittently available on CD for decades, Hans Knappertsbusch’s orchestral Decca and Westminster recordings now receive comprehensive boxed set treatment. 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