Hearing such authentic Elgarian sounds from a Swedish orchestra under a Finnish conductor may surprise, but Sakari Oramo specialized in British music while leading the CBSO so you’d expect nothing ...

Sverre Indris Joner is described in this disc’s notes as “the doyen of Latin American music in Norway”. Besides composing, playing, teaching and researching, he’s also found the time to act, ...

I share many of Barton Swaim’s views on modern classical music, but he is wrong to lump Igor Stravinsky’s “Rite of Spring” in with music he says no one wants (“Songs Without Listeners,” Bookshelf, ...