The five works on this disc have three things in common. First, they're scored for the relatively unusual combination of wind quintet and piano. Second, they're played by the cracker-jack Reykjavik Wind Quintet and ace pianist Vovka Ashkenazy, son of the famous pianist-conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy. And third, they're all drop-dead hilarious. Try ...
Sweden's BIS label has issued a series of recordings centered loosely on the idea of rediscovering virtuosity; many of them contain concertos, either contemporary or from the early twentieth century. Perhaps the concerto was once thought to be a form in decline, along with the magnificent individualism it was thought to represent. But if this was ...
From a cursory glance, Icelandic label Smekkleysa's Virgo Gloriosa looks just like it has to be a disc of Medieval vocal music. On closer inspection, though, the image on the front cover turns out to be a mere illustration taken from an Old Icelandic book, and not a music manuscript. Virgo Gloriosa is a disc of contemporary choral music written by ...
When compared to the extremely conservative music of his Icelandic contemporaries, Leifur Þórarinsson's works for chamber orchestra may seem quite avant-garde and daring. However, most experienced listeners will find his odd amalgamations of Stravinsky's asymmetrical rhythms, Schoenberg's atonality, and Hindemith's counterpoint to be rather tame, ...
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