This vigorous 'Russian Dance' appears in Act 2 of The Nutcracker ballet. Tchaikovsky utilized the Cossack Trepak dance of his homeland for this exciting movement, contrasting effectively with the more...
In spring 2020, coronavirus began spreading throughout the world and in many places people were subjected to quarantine. It was then that Hiyoli Togawa, a violist, proposed that the BIS record label r...
Aho will turn 60 years on 9 March. His 14th symphony features Arabian and Chinese hues and hypnotic rhythms with an extensive role for the percussion (darabuka, djembe, gongs). The work was inspired b...
Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry wrote a number of piano miniatures of which the most effective and evocative set is the Shulbrede Tunes. The title refers to Shulbrede Priory in Lynchmere, England. T...