This recital disc of salon music is one of those “fill-in-the-gaps” repertoire specialty items that independent labels love. Aside from a little-noticed recording of the
Pianist Jonathan Plowright proves a remarkably adept and confident exponent of these two obscure piano concertos. Polish composer Zygmunt Stojowski (1870-1946) writes music in the
Grechaninov displays in his chamber music the same attachment to the old world as he does in his symphonic works. Piano Trio No. 1, from
This winsome disc of Françaix works is sure to put a smile on the face of even the gloomiest individual. Just about everything he wrote
Handel’s The Choice of Hercules is a one-act allegorical drama in three scenes, presented in the style of a cantata. The invention of this rather
At this point, who hasn’t arranged Bach for his or her own devices? The list runs (frighteningly) long, and the results range from the very
The British trio Convivium offers welcome new performances of Dietrich Buxtehude’s Op. 1 sonatas, works that are increasingly gaining the recognition and recorded attention they’ve
File this one under “event”. This is nothing less than an attempt to reconstruct and present–in as much splendor as can be mustered on a
No question, Thomas Campion (1567-1620) wrote beautiful poetry and often provided ideal music to go with the texts. On this disc countertenor Robin Blaze adds
Is half a Wolf Mörike-Lieder recital better than none? Before considering this two-disc program containing all 53 of Hugo Wolf’s settings of poems by Eduard