SINDING; CHRISTIAN

Young Soloists’ Nordic Treat

David Vernier

The disc’s title is “Nordic Dream”; I’m not sure what that means, but the performances and the musical selections–works for string orchestra by nine Scandinavian

Promising But Uncompetitive Walton Viola Concerto

David Hurwitz

There’s real talent in Eivind Holtsmark Ringstad’s viola playing. Certainly the Walton concerto holds no terrors for him. Aside from perhaps an excessively wide vibrato

Big Boxes: Perlman’s Complete Warner (EMI) Recordings

David Hurwitz

This enormous set contains 77 CDs packed in 59 individual

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Sinding: Piano concerto/Lane

David Hurwitz

You’re going to love this disc. It does everything this wonderful series of “Romantic Piano Concertos” is supposed to: present captivating repertoire in excellent performances.

Sinding, Sibelius: Violin Ctos/Kraggerud SACD

David Hurwitz

Henning Kraggerud is a risk-taker, which mostly is a good thing. In the Sibelius he plays with tremendous intensity and feeling, particularly in the extremely

Sinding CPO C

David Hurwitz

Sinding’s first two symphonies aren’t bad works by any means: they just lack originality. It’s very hard to tell with post-Wagnerian but conservative, late Romantic