by Kenneth Woods | Aug 12, 2011 | A view from the podium
Part III- Strauss’s personality and politics are as misunderstood as they are talked about. (Part I- “He was no Mahler, he was no Wagner” is here” Part III Strauss- Innovation and Absolute Music is here) Richard Strauss’s music is an intergral and...
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 28, 2011 | News and Reviews
Just published at Musicweb-International is a new review by critic Guy Aron of our new recording with Orchestra of the Swan of chamber versions of Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde and Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen on Somm. It’s quite an extensive review with a...
by Kenneth Woods | Jul 23, 2011 | A view from the podium
This is a follow-up to an earlier post on the Proms performance of Havergal Brian’s Gothic Symphony. You may find this post more interesting and coherent if you read that one first. ______________________________________________ Well, one week ago, if you had...
by Kenneth Woods | Jul 19, 2011 | Mahler, News and Reviews
A new review at the Classical Source from Peter Reed of the new Orchestra of the Swan recording of Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde and Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen on Somm. Read the whole thing here. A short sample follows: …The three singers are...
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