I don’t often listen to suites from Tchaikovsky’s beloved ballets. Over the many years I was a mainstream commercial broadcaster I overdosed on those parts of The Nutcracker that are ubiquitous at Christmas time. But I recently decided to put on the complete ballet and it turned out to be a wonderful discovery. Discovery #1 […]
Raaf Hekkema Performing The Bach Cello Suites Challenge Classics writes: “This is so great! Raaf Hekkema performing the Bach Cello Suites on 6 different saxophones. Just finished the editing and mixing and this DSD production will soon be available on Challenge Classics.” Jan 2018 DSD Download Release on Challenge Classics. Raaf Hekkema arranged the Cello Suites himself […]
There’s a myth that only French conductors and orchestras should perform French music, or only conductors and orchestras from the UK should be doing British music, and so on. I don’t believe it. Carlos Kalmar and the Oregon Symphony are extraordinarily fine with their “This England” set: Ralph Vaughn Williams (1872-1958) had been working on […]