Is it my imagination, or did Chandos Records really Photoshop out Alexandre Tansman’s cigarette? I’m not a smoker myself, but I think that’s taking political correctness a bit far. What’s next, Photoshopping Shostakovich’s liver spots? Let Slavs be Slavs aleady.
You can experience Tansman’s neoclassical mastery in his Partita for Cello and Piano tonight on “The Lost Chord,” along with Henry Górecki’s Symphony No. 4. Listen at 10:00 EDT at wwfm.org. The program will repeat Wednesday evening at 6, and then be archived as a webcast.