by Kenneth Woods | Dec 19, 2011 | News and Reviews
Chicago’s flagship station for classical music, WFMT has selected the Orchestra of the Swan’s recording of the Third Symphonies of Hans Gal and Robert Schumann in a column from new releases editor, Lisa Flynn. Read the whole thing here. THE BEST CLASSICAL...
by Kenneth Woods | Aug 7, 2011 | A view from the podium, Lists
I’ve been thinking for a long time about writing a series on the most underrated composers in music history. Neglected and underrated music is a recurring, if not always an explicit theme here, to be sure, in many posts. So far, I’ve shied away from producing anything...
by Kenneth Woods | Jul 30, 2011 | News and Reviews
A new review in the September Classic FM Magazine of Bobby and Hans volume 1 from Andrew Mellor, now on newsstands. An excerpt follows: Get your copy direct from Avie Download from iTunes Order Here from Presto Classical From Classic FM...
by Kenneth Woods | Jul 12, 2011 | News and Reviews
Critic and blogger Gavin Plumley has a new review of the new Orchestra of the Swan/KW recording of the 3rd Symphonies of Hans Gal and Robert Schumann on his blog, Entartete Musik. Plumley previously reviewed our Mahler disc for SOMM Records here. Here is a sample...
by Kenneth Woods | Jul 1, 2011 | News and Reviews, Performing Life
There is a nice interview with recordings editor Phil Sommerich in the current (July 2, 2011) issue of Classical Music Magazine. We talked about Schumann as humorist, a facet of his music often overlooked, and the joys of playing his music with a virtuoso chamber...
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