All of the Henze pieces on this set — which also includes “Los Caprichos” and, with the cellist Narek Hakhnazaryan, “Englische Liebeslieder” — have been well recorded in recent years on the Wergo label. But some of those crisp takes can sound as though they’re still trying to redeem Henze for Boulez’s starker ears. As Alsop makes clear, that’s not the only way to hear him. - NY Times (Naxos)
