Solomon Rosowsky was one of the founding members of the influential Society for Jewish Folk Music in St. Petersburg. The son of a prominent cantor, Rosowsky was an eminent scholar of synagogue chant...
In his first decade in Vienna, Beethoven seems to have been preoccupied with music for wind instruments. The best-known example is his Quintet in E flat major, Op. 16, which he arranged at the same...
In his 80s, Jean Fran?aix (1912-1997) supervised this 1996 Dutch album of four pieces for varied forces, writing the engaging booklet notes and performing with undimmed skill in the Divertimento...